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NATO's Stoltenberg: If proven Baltic pipeline was attacked, NATO's response will be determined

Reuters WORLD
Published October 11,2023
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Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg speaks to the media on the day of a NATO Defence Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 11, 2023. (REUTERS)

If the damage on a subsea gas pipeline and a telecommunications cable under the Baltic Sea is proven to be the result of a deliberate attack, NATO's response will be determined, NATO's Secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday.

"If it is proven to be an attack on NATO critical infrastructure (...) it will be met by a united and determined response from NATO," he told response before a meeting of Defence ministers of the alliance.