BERLIN (Ina) - criticized the German Foreign Minister Frank - Walter Steinmeier , NATO policy towards Russia, in an interview published by the Bild newspaper Sunday.
Steinmeier said "what we want to avoid today is exacerbate the situation with the calls for a war", criticizing in particular the deployment of the Atlantic near the border with Russia.
" it is mistaken who wants to provide more security in the alliance through the symbolic presentations of the tank near the border in the east."
NATO Monday announced that it will publish four battalions in the Baltic States and Poland to counter "hostile behavior of Russia , " as NATO Secretary - General Jens she said Stoltenberg.
he said Steinmeier known for his comments thoughtful about Russia, that " the inventory considering the military aspect and the pursuit of victory through deterrence only policy would be fatal."
and sees the alliance that Russia is seeking to establish a sphere of influence through military means.
on Thursday, Stoltenberg said in an interview with the same newspaper . " to bypass international law, Moscow annexed the Crimea and supports separatists in eastern Ukraine. also see great militarization on the border with NATO, in the Arctic, the Baltic, the Black Sea down to the Mediterranean. "
He added, according to Agence France - Presse," We are aware maneuvers important and hostile and undeclared from the Russian side , and we have to respond. "
and calling for the former states of the Soviet bloc, which joined the Atlantic after the end of the cold war to boost the alliance 's military presence on its territory out of concern over theUkrainian crisis and the growing Russian military capabilities on the borders.
in this framework, approved by NATO defense ministers who met Tuesday and Wednesday in Brussels on the deployment of four battalions, each with between 800 and a thousand troops in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, before three weeks of the summit of the Atlantic in Warsaw.
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