NATO tied exercises near Kaliningrad with the strengthening of defence of the Commonwealth
Vladimir Dobrovolskiy. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen associates Russian military Exercises near Kaliningrad with measures aimed at strengthening defense of the allies.
Exercises with forces of the Baltic fleet, the airborne forces and air forces of Russia were initiated under the leadership of commander of the Western military district. Events are held at the same time launched in the European Union international NATO exercises Saber Strike-2014 and Baltops-2014.
" I am aware of Russian claims that they believe their Teachings response to the steps taken by us to strengthen collective defence, " said Rasmussen at the Symposium on Tuesday.
at the same time He specified that " military Exercises alone are not certainly are offensive or provocative, taking into account the transparency of their goals."
He noticed that accept NATO measures in the East of Europe " completely defensive " and " comply with our international obligations."
After the exacerbation of the situation in Ukraine, the head of the Ministry of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu said about the " unprecedented " growth of activity of the military might of the USA and NATO in Eastern Europe of the Russian borders. Not so long ago the head of Barack Obama confirmed that the country will increase the military contingent in Eastern Europe and will support the defense of allies who are not members of NATO.