Mike Pence tells security summit US will hold Russia accountable
US vice president Mike Pence has said the United States will "hold Russia accountable" even as Donald Trump searches for common ground with Vladimir Putin's administration.
Mr Pence told the Munich Security Conference in Germany that the international community must also demand that Russia honours a 2015 peace agreement aimed at ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Moscow-backed separatists.
He also offered assurances over the US commitment to Nato and the European Union in his address to the international conference of foreign diplomats and defence officials.
Mr Pence's speech comes amid concerns in Europe about Russian aggression and US president Mr Trump's positive statements about his Russian counterpart, Mr Putin.
Mr Pence declared: "Know this: The United States will continue to hold Russia accountable, even as we search for new common ground which, as you know, President Trump believes can be found."
Mr Pence also reinforced the Trump administration's message that Nato members must spend more on defence.
The 28 member countries committed in 2014 to spending 2% of their gross domestic product on defence within a decade. But only the US and...
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