Merkel: Russia Founding act, the NATO-cannot be broken

German Chancellor Angela Merkel cautiously analyzed the idea of a long-term stationing of NATO troops in the countries of Eastern Europe and urged not to violate the Founding act Russia-NATO.
" We spoke about the fact that the Founding act, the NATO-Russia is, without a doubt, shall remain in force, " Merkel said on mutual press conference with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Deutsche Welle reports. Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that all NATO actions are defensive in nature and do not violate international agreements. In addition, he tried to convince the Kremlin to change its current policy, since it threatens the security system, which We created After the fall of the Berlin wall." No one wants to go back to Europe during the cold war, " assured the Secretary General of NATO. Before the foreign Ministry Rossi told that " constant accusations Secretary General " Russia is convinced that the Alliance inclined to " reviewing the entire complex of relations with Moscow, including the Founding act on mutual relations between Russia and NATO in 1997 and the Rome Declaration of 2002, " remember, at the end of March, Rasmussen said that the events in Ukraine have the opportunity to lead to changes in the approach of the North Atlantic Commonwealth to the admission of new members. For example, Rasmussen said that NATO will continue to expand to the East and strengthen its presence in the member States of the Commonwealth in Eastern Europe. In April, NATO decided to stop for a while interaction with Russia. In June Rasmussen at the meeting of Ministers of foreign Affairs of NATO in Brussels said that the current relations between Russia and NATO " Clearly there is no trust ", telling about the security challenges, which seem to be coming to an organization from the East and South. However, in the capital of Russia challenged these claims. 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.


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