Vladimir Dobrovolsky. NATO's actions on the Eastern borders of the Commonwealth of proportional and are defensive in nature, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, explaining sounded from the Russian allegations led to accelerated arms race.

on the first day of the week magazine, the wall Street Journal referring to the American Minister of the air force Deborah Lee James told that Washington is considering the possibility of increasing the number of its forces in the European Union, as well as placing there the F-22 in the background of tense relations with Russia. Explaining these data, Deputy defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said that the countries of NATO are provoking the Russian Federation on the arms race. According to him, Russia will adequately respond to the increasing group of NATO in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.

"What NATO is currently doing in the Eastern borders of the Commonwealth, fulfilling a plan of action for maintaining readiness is proportional and is defensive in nature, and fully complies with our international obligations. We are responsible and have to answer, because the observed more assertive Russia's behavior, which is responsible for aggressive Actions in Ukraine ", - said Stoltenberg correspondents, explaining words Antonova.

Moscow has stated many times that is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine, the Russian side officially participates as an intermediary in the settlement process and is interested in Ukraine overcame the crisis.

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