NATO chief says there is “no immediate military threat” against the alliance

The secretary general of NATO, Jens Stoltenbergstated this Friday that “there is no immediate military threat” against the alliance countries, after Russia accuse Western powers of launching “a new cycle of escalation” in Ukraine.

Last week, the Kremlin accused countries of alliance Atlantic launcha new cycle of escalating tensions”, after the American president, Joe Bidenwill lift the restrictions imposed Ukraine use weapons provided by washington to attack Russian territory.

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U.S limited this authorization to operations intended for the defense of Kharkivnortheast region Ukraine near the border between the two countries, which has been the target of a Russian offensive since May.

“As long as we do not give rise to misunderstandings or erroneous assessments in Moscow or in other capitals of countries that could attack us, there is no military threat against the countries of NATO”declared Stoltenberg during a visit to Swedenthe most recent member of alliance.

When asked about the possibility of Russia test the commitment of countries in the NATO defend one of its members in the event of an attack -established in its article 5th-, Stoltenberg answered: “There is no immediate military threat against no country in NATO”.

The French president, Emmanuel Macronannounced on Thursday that it will provide Ukraine Mirage-2000 fighters and Kremlin this Friday he accused France be up to “participate directly in the conflict” in Ukraine.

The Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristerssonannounced that it will deploy warplanes in the air surveillance contingent of the alliance in the Baltic Sea.

The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskythis Friday, during a visit to France, he reiterated his call to “do more” to help his country combat the Russian offensive that began in February 2022.

Source: Elcomercio

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