8.05pm GMT
NATO will now meet at the behest of Latvia and Lithuania. Latvia’s population is almost 30% Russian, rising to more than 40 per cent in the capital Riga. Lithuania’s Russian minority is around 6%.
James Mates @jamesmatesitv
Latvia+Lithuania have invoked NATO art. 4 in response to #crimea NATO now obliged to hold emerg council meeting. Only 4th time in history
1:23 PM - 1 Mar 2014