Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics urged NATO nations to adopt conscription as the military bloc continues to escalate tensions with Russia, sparking fears of a full-scale European war.
“There is a need for serious discussion about conscription,” Rinkevics said in an interview with The Financial Times. “Nobody wants to fight. But the problem is nobody wants to be invaded as well. And nobody wants to see Ukraine happening here.”
Rinkevics also echoed former President Donald Trump’s stance that European NATO nations must spend more on their own defense. ” We have to do something. At least have it 50-50 [between Europe and the US]. It would be better for us.”
Rinkevics comments come as NATO member states continue to interfere in the Russo-Ukraine war. French President Emmanuel Macron has adopted a pathologically belligerent stance towards Moscow, and it was recently reported that the UK already has boots on the ground in Ukraine. Following his victory in the presidential elections this month, Russia President Vladimir Putin warned that continued NATO interference could spark a third world war.
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