Exercises of NATO countries in the Mediterranean are not linked to the situation in Ukraine, said the acting Director of the NATO information office in Moscow Robert Pszczel.

"Planning for the exercise began two years Earlier ", - said Pszczel video conference from Brussels.

according to his statement, the maneuvers had been planned even before the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation, which led to the aggravation in relations between Russia and the West.

first Supreme commander of NATO for transformation General Jean-Paul Palomeros also noted that the maneuvers were not related to the aggravation of relations with Moscow.

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