We’ll state clearly that Russia poses a direct threat to our security - Stoltenberg
Before the start of the organization's summit in Madrid, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Russia will be recognized as a major threat to the Allies' security.
The Guardian reported the statement.
"We’ll state clearly that Russia poses a direct threat to our security," Stoltenberg said ahead of the NATO summit in Spain.
According to him, the meeting in Madrid should become historic and transformative for the alliance. In particular, NATO intends to ratify the membership of Sweden and Finland as soon as possible.
At the same time, Stoltenberg stressed that China is not an opponent of NATO, although the alliance is monitoring the development of Beijing's military capabilities.
"China is not an adversary. But of course, we need to take into account the consequences to our security when we see China investing heavily in new modern military capabilities, long-range missiles or nuclear weapons and also trying to control critical infrastructure, for instance, 5G," explained Stoltenberg.
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