The tension between NATO and Russia. The head of the Pentagon: Russia “pobrzękuje … – Virtual Poland

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Monday accused Russia’s “nuclear saber-rattling” and warned of a new Cold War. He confirmed that the US is considering stationing its heavy military equipment in the eastern European NATO countries.
 

Speaking in Berlin at an event organized by the German organization Atlantik Bruecke, Carter urged NATO allies to a common prepare for new threats. At the same time he warned against the effects of the Cold War. – In our response we will not sit on the scenario of the Cold War – he said. – We do not want nor cold, nor the more hot war with Russia – ensured by stipulating that the United States will oppose attempts to create Russia’s spheres of influence. The tension between NATO and Russia has increased recently, when President Vladimir Putin announced the increase of the Russian nuclear arsenal by 40 intercontinental missiles.

– Consider this – said the head of the Pentagon, referring to plans to store heavy military equipment in Eastern Europe. This should include of tanks and other equipment for approx. 5 thousand. soldiers. This would increase NATO’s military presence in the neighboring countries of Russia. Carter warned that shifting of this equipment is intended primarily for training purposes.
 

Siemoniak: ws talks. US military hardware store in Poland

The Minister of National Defence Tomasz Siemoniak confirmed that negotiations are taking place to place in Poland US military hardware stores.
 

The German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen in his speech supported US plans. She stressed that Germany does not forget that it was America in the postwar period guarantor of security and reconstruction of Germany. The head of the defense ministry is an advocate of greater involvement of Germany, also military, in solving international problems. German society is, however, reluctant takeover by Berlin more responsibility, especially in matters concerning Russia.
 

Berlin was the first point of Carter’s five-day trip through Europe. US Defense Secretary along with von der Leyen made the afternoon a visit to the barracks of the German-Dutch corps in Muenster. It is this unit plays in this year duties of NATO rapid reaction force (Response Force) and participates in the creation of Joint Task Force Very High Readiness (VJTF) – the so-called. szpicy NATO. The soldiers of this unit participated in the recent exercises szpicy on Polish territory.
 

Carter and von der Leyen met in Muenster with their odpowiedniczkami from the Netherlands and Norway – Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Ine Marie Eriksen Soereide – handed the German Ministry of Defence. At a joint press conference, Carter noted that the picket is “the instrument that in case of a crisis on rapid response”.
 

In a speech in Berlin Carter spoke in favor of maintaining the economic sanctions imposed on Russia for its role in the crisis Ukrainian. – It could raise the costs of which Russia carries for aggression – he added.
 

On Tuesday, Carter will stay in Estonia. Located just 200 km from the border with Russia Tallinn will come aboard the “USS San Antonio”. After a visit to Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday will return on Friday to Germany. At the training ground Grafenwoehr in Bavaria will observe the maneuvers carried out under the command of the United States.
 

Atlantik Bruecke (bridge across the Atlantic) announces on its website that it is a private, bipartisan public organization, which strives for better mutual understanding between the US and Germany. Its membership of over 500 personalities from business circles, the world of politics, media and science.
 

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