NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Joanke has hinted that the alliance has plans to establish permanent military bases in Eastern Europe, Newsweek reported.
“We will be moving to a new generation of our presence in the east,” he said, speaking at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit.
NATO has hinted at plans for permanent military bases near Russia, Newsweek reported.
Mircea Joan, the alliance’s deputy secretary general, speaking at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, said in particular that he expected the creation of “state-of-the-art” permanent NATO bases in Eastern Europe.
He also added that after Russian troops entered Ukraine, the 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act is now “null and void” and the military alliance is not obliged to abide by it in the future.
As the paper recalled, the 1997 agreement was designed to build trust between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance and to limit the military presence of both sides in Eastern Europe.
According to Joanet, at the upcoming NATO summit in Madrid at the end of June, the leaders of the alliance countries will work on “a fundamental transformation of the alliance’s position and presence and deterrence” on the eastern flank.
“We are essentially taking into account the fact that Russia is an aggressive and unpredictable player. So yes, we will be moving to a new generation of our presence in the east. And I can say as a Romanian that we may now witness the full integration of new allies into NATO, and it will happen also for the purpose of deterrence and defence,” said Gioane.
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