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The U.K.-German Kensington Treaty Stresses ‘Russian Threat,’ Military Alliance and Integration

British NATO troops will collaborate with German troops in the Kensington Treaty. Credit: NATO

The U.K.-Germany Kensington Treaty text, defines it as an anti-Russia Treaty, possessing features on the issue of nuclear weapons.

The premise for the Treaty, the document asserts as “Identifying the Russian Federation’s brutal war of aggression on the European continent as the most significant and direct threat to their security.”

It calls for an integration of British and German activity on the matters of intelligence, national security, and, on the matter of nuclear weapons, saying, among other points: “The Parties shall pursue deep exchanges on strategic aspects of security policy, including deterrence and defence, nuclear issues, arms control, non-proliferation, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear threats space security, counter-terrorism and the broader international security architecture, in order to support the security of Europe and the world. They shall increase cooperation on intelligence and national security capabilities in order to contribute effectively to this goal.”

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