Alliance representative: NATO countries have developed a unified position on the destabilizing role of Russia
ArmInfo.During the last NATO summit in Brussels, the member states worked out a unified position on the destabilizing role of Russia in Europe. Such a view was
expressed by James Appathurai, Special Representative of the NATO
Secretary General in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, speaking at
the round table "Armenia-NATO Cooperation: Current Stage and Future
Prospects".
"If earlier there were some disagreements among the countries of the
Alliance on this issue, at the last summit it became finally clear
that NATO's position on the role of Russia is now completely
identical." Moreover, in Brussels they concluded that Moscow will
continue to play this role," he said.
Appathurai emphasized three variants of Alliance's reaction to
Russia's behavior on the European continent. The first is the
deployment of military contingent in the Baltic states and Poland
containing 20 NATO states. The second - the development of dialogue
with Russia on settling the controversies and modification of unified
view on the situation. The third - help to the states that are under
Russian pressure.
"First of all, we are talking about such countries as Ukraine. It's
no secret that we need to provide support to Montenegro, Georgia and
Moldova for the preservation of sovereignty by these countries. Of
course, after the annexation of the Crimea, the Black Sea region as a
whole is also in the zone of our close attention," stressed the NATO
officer.