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<p>The UK, alongside our NATO Allies, remains committed to the preservation of stability
and security in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia and to the guarantee of collective defence
under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. <br><br>The Secretary of State for Defence,
my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), announced
on the 17 March the UK has offered to contribute 4 Typhoons to the Baltic Air Policing
mission. NATO Foreign Ministers agreed on 1 April to consider further measures as
necessary to fulfil NATO's collective defence mission.</p>
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