Those who want to return to Cold War times and attain tighter consolidation of the NATO states over Article 5 of the Treaty of Washington are taking upper hand in the alliance. Article 5 of the Treaty of Washington is the basis for NATO fundamental principle of collective defense. A too harsh response to our questions over AWACS flights, double intensity of air patrolling over the Baltic states, intensification of military and aircraft activity at an airbase in the Polish city of Lask, assistance to the government of winners in Kiev exposes fully the architects of this campaign, Russian Ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko told Kommersant daily, adding: It looks like someone in NATO really believes that the alliance is a source of political legitimacy (as NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in his recent speech) and therefore any NATO actions are correct by definition and cannot be discussed. Read more: voiceofrussia/news/2014_04_07/Those-who-want-to-return-to-Cold-War-times-take-upper-hand-in-NATO-Russian-envoy-3647/
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:32:02 +0000
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