Poland asks NATO to engage Article 4 of alliance consultation treaty due to threat

Poland is asking NATO to invoke Article 4 of the alliance's consultation treaty in the event of a security threat, press secretary of the Polish government Piotr Muller said at a briefing, Report informs, citing TASS.

"Our Permanent Mission to NATO was instructed to submit an application for the launch of Article 4 [of the NATO Treaty] for general monitoring of the situation," he said, stressing that "such an application has already been submitted."

According to Muller, at 08:30 NATO will host a meeting on the situation in Ukraine. As the press secretary stressed, Poland expects NATO to strengthen on the eastern flank.