Former NATO leaders warn Brexit

london - Five former Secretaries-General of NATO, including the Dutchman Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, British voters have warned of the dangers of leaving the EU. With Lord Carrington, Javier Solana, Lord Robertson and Anders Fogh Rasmussen wrote the former Christian Democrat politician an open letter in which the choice of 'Brexit' was discouraged.

,, Given the scale and diversity of the challenges we face together towards peace and stability, the Euro-Atlantic community needs an active and Britain concerned. In times of global uncertainty and so many at a time when NATO is working to strengthen its role in eastern Europe, the United Kingdom would be very annoying if would terminate its membership of the EU. ''