BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed David Cameron's statement on Friday that Britain will remain a united country following Scotland's referendum rejecting independence.
"The United Kingdom is a founding member of NATO and I am confident that the United Kingdom will continue to play a leading role to keep our Alliance strong," Rasmussen said in a statement. "I welcome Prime Minister Cameron's statement that the United Kingdom will go forward as a united country."
The United States and other allies had expressed concern that breaking up Britain, whose nuclear missile force is based in Scotland, would weaken an important member of NATO.