[UPDATE-Jul 13] Vilnius NATO Summit Will Likely Be a FLOP, Main Topic is Ukraine

Day #1-Vilnius Summit NATO not seeking confrontation with Russia, hopes to keep communication channels open NATO is not seeking a conflict with Russia and hopes that communication channels will remain functioning in order to avoid escalation, the alliance’s members said in the final communique of the Vilnius summit on Tuesday. “We seek stability and predictability in the Euro-Atlantic area and between NATO and Russia. NATO does not seek confrontation and poses no threat to Russia. In light of its hostile policies and actions, we cannot consider Russia to be our partner,” the document says. “We remain willing to keep open…