The deputy secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Mircea Joanna, said on Sunday that after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, NATO was no longer bound by promises it had made in the past not to deploy troops to Eastern Europe. .
The Charter of Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation, signed 25 years ago, provided, inter alia, for the purpose of “preventing any accumulation of conventional forces” in Central and Eastern Europe.
However, by invading Ukraine and severing all dialogue with the Atlantic Alliance, Russia “canceled the content of the Founding Act,” Joanna told AFP in an interview with Vilnius.
The Russians “had pledged not to attack their neighbors, something they do, and to hold regular consultations with NATO, something they do not do,” Joanna said.
The founding act “is simply no longer being implemented because of Russia,” he added.
According to the NATO Deputy Secretary General, the Alliance no longer has “any restrictions” on acquiring a much “more robust stance on the eastern wing”.
In 2017, NATO deployed multinational tactical forces in the Baltic states and Poland to deter Russia. In late February, it sent aid.
The Baltic states want an even greater NATO presence, calling for brigades to be deployed instead of smaller tactical formations.
NATO defense ministers meet in mid-June to discuss it. Alliance leaders are expected to ratify their decisions at the Madrid summit later next month.
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