Officially the talk at this week's NATO summit in Warsaw was all about deterring a resurgent Russia, supporting Ukraine and Afghanistan, and protecting Baltic NATO members. Indeed NATO officials said the British, who have Europe's biggest defense budget, seemed at pains to compensate for Brexit by pledging more commitments to NATO operations. "We are at a NATO meeting but most of the discussions have not been about NATO issues, they have been about the outcome of the referendum and the consequences," Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said after a dinner with his 27 NATO counterparts. Britain's referendum vote to leave the European Union has triggered uncertainty across the Atlantic and around the continent, which spilled over at the NATO event. U.S. President Barack Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron participate in a working session of the North Atlantic Council at the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland July 9, 2016.

Source: Thanhnien News July 09, 2016 14:37 UTC