Kremlin’s warning to the West: Nato build-up near Russian border ‘will not go unanswered’
MOSCOW has warned the West that a build-up of Nato troops along its eastern border will lead to a significant escalation of tensions between the historic foes.
By TOM BATCHELOR
Express.co.uk
Wed, Jun 1, 2016
Nato has vowed to protect its 28 members states in an increasingly unstable world, with threats from all sides.
But the alliance’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, went further yesterday in a speech in Warsaw, saying Nato would focus not just on defending its territory but “projecting stability beyond our borders”.
Speaking of challenges to the east and south, he said Russia was guilty of “a significant build-up of its military forces – stretching from the Barents Sea, to the Baltic and the Black Sea, and the eastern Mediterranean”.
Mr Stoltenberg, a former prime minister of Norway, continued: “To the south, turmoil across the Middle East and North Africa has unleashed the biggest migrant and refugee crisis in Europe since World War Two.
“We see other threats that have no respect for territorial borders. Terrorism. Cyber-attacks. Nuclear, and ballistic missile proliferation.
“To carry out NATO’s mission in this more dangerous world, we need to strengthen our collective defence, and to project stability beyond our own borders.”
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