Nato summit: Obama expects UK to continue Europe security role

The UK will remain a major contributor to European security, Barack Obama has said, as Nato and EU nations signed a deal focusing on the perceived threat from Russia.

Mr Obama added he hoped for an "orderly" UK transition from the EU. UK Prime Minister David Cameron insisted that the UK would not "turn its back" on European defence following the Brexit vote.


Nato is sending four battalions to the region with troops from four nations. The agreement signed in Warsaw includes 1,000 extra US troops to be sent to Poland to reinforce Nato's eastern flank.

Tensions between the Atlantic alliance and Moscow are growing again. Russia's seizure of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine and the involvement of its troops in the fighting in eastern Ukraine has, in Nato's view, "torn up the rule-book" for the way security matters are dealt with in the post-Cold War world.