NATO: a critique of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on placement of forces of the Commonwealth in Romania groundless
Natalia Dobrovolskaya. NATO considers baseless, and not conducive to stability in the region the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, raskritikovala the force of the Commonwealth in Romania, said Deputy official envoy of the NATO Carmen Romero.
first official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said that the Romanian authorities, agreeing to placement in the country of NATO forces risk their security interests in the black sea region, in order to please the US.
"Russian officials continue to make provocative statements that are baseless and inappropriate, and do not contribute to stability and predictability in the European Union," said Romero, explaining words Lukashevich.
She recalled the position of the Commonwealth, according to which " Russia has violated international law and its obligations under the Founding act of the NATO-Russia's aggressive actions in Ukraine."" NATO is a defensive Alliance, and continues to operate in full compliance with its obligations under the Founding act, " said Romero.
Romania has agreed to abide by the decisions of NATO on placement within the country of heavy military equipment of the Commonwealth. Bucharest even taking steps to accelerate the removal of the mandatory restrictions regarding the placement of foreign military power within the country, such as the limit on the simultaneous presence in Romania U.S. soldiers. The Romanian government is preparing a draft law on stationing, transit and operations with the participation of foreign military power, including a simplified procedure for crossing the state border.
According to Lukashevich, "the Romanian leaders to increase their "profile" in the eyes of the American strategists, blatantly disregarded the obligations under the Founding act of the NATO-Russia 1997 on the non-deployment of "substantial combat forces" within the new members of the Commonwealth, ready to sacrifice for reasons of expediency, the desire to maintain stability in the black sea region ".
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