Turkey did not want to Express support for the NATO plan to protect the Baltic States and Poland, reports Reuters, citing senior sources in NATO. While the Turkish authorities have instructed the representative to NATO to take a hard line in meetings and private conversations, requiring a military bloc to officially recognize the self-defense forces of Kurds terrorists. "They (Turkish authorities - ed.) being held hostage by Eastern Europeans, by blocking the approval of this military planning until, until will not seek concessions ", - said the Agency diplomatic source. Another source called the behavior of the Turkish side "devastating" for the Commonwealth. Statements about the "Russian threat" is periodically heard from the lips of Western politicians, most often from the Baltic countries and Poland. In the capital of Russia emphasized many times that the Russian Federation will never attack any of the NATO countries. According to the head of foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, NATO is well aware about the lack of the capital of Russia plans to attack anyone, but just enjoy the reason to place more vehicles and battalions near the Russian border. in July 2016 at a NATO conference in the Polish capital, it was decided to place in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland at the international NATO battalion. Their formation took on their own shoulders Britain, Germany, Canada and the United States. Also it was announced that in 2016 it will be the military of Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, in the upcoming Soldiers from Croatia and France. <span style="color:darkgray