NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said allies are focused on ways to deter Russia after its breach of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and "pattern of destabilizing behavior."
"We will not mirror what Russia is doing," Stoltenberg said at a news conference on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Washington marking the 70th anniversary of the transatlantic military alliance. "We will be measured and coordinated, and we have no intention of deploying ground-launched nuclear missiles in Europe."
Washington has said it will withdraw from the treaty this summer unless Moscow ends its alleged violations of the pact, which rid Europe of land-based nuclear missiles.
Stoltenberg also called on Moscow to release the three Ukrainian naval vessels and crew members it seized in the Black Sea last year.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English, Reuters