The Alliance plans to increase the number of regular exercises in Eastern Europe, said on the first day of the week Deputy Secretary General of NATO Alexander Vershbow.
" NATO will be more to periodically conduct exercises in the East of Europe. And will strengthen its presence there, " he said, according to ITAR-TASS. Vershbow said that it is expected to make a rapid response forces And all the necessary infrastructure, including base logistics center management, And so forth." These measures are defensive in nature, they are not directed against Russia, " he added. First, the Increased activity of NATO in Eastern Europe called protective measure Deputy spokesperson of the US state Department Marie Harf. Remember, on Thursday in Wales opened the NATO summit. Commonwealth Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has covered a lot of topics, but the Russian Federation And Ukraine passed through the speech Rasmussen quite visible red thread. For example, NATO leaders agreed on the creation of rapid reaction forces to counter the " Russian threat ". The permanent representative of Russia to NATO Alexander Grushko said that the Russian Federation will review all plans, announced at the NATO conference, the story is about a significant change in the military situation in the area. He also said that throughout the fall in Ukraine, NATO's role was " extremely destructive ".

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