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To stop atomopprustningen that is in time, is a key mission for NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg. He believes sikkerhetskonferansen in Munich for the weekend can be an important forum for new dialogue and confidence-building between NATO and Russia.
Dialogue with Russia
During the conference shall Stoltenberg meet with, among others, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.
” What we are doing now, is a spiral that goes in the wrong direction. No servant of that, ” says Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg.
questions from the Newspaper about the salvage of the agreement against nuclear missiles is his main task now, answer Stoltenberg:
– It is the most urgent task I have now, because it is such a big deal, an agreement that is so vital for our security.
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It is to slip back into a world where we have many nuclear weapons In Europe with the button detection time, is a world we must avoid to come back to. There is a danger of that happening, but we need to work hard to avoid that happening, ” says Stoltenberg.
This week to Nato defence ministers to discuss the situation with the INF treaty in a free fall. Agreement against the deployment and use of mellomdistanseraketter with nuclear weapons was entered into between the united STATES and the Soviet union in 1987.
in recent years, Russia has according to the united STATES and NATO violated the agreement. Several NATO countries should have the intelligence that Russia has nuclear missiles that can reach the european goals in a short time.
the Overall NATO-reaction
As a result of Russia’s violation of this agreement, the united STATES has announced that they are pulling out of the agreement. Uttrekkingen will take six months.
– We will continue to take up with Russia the importance of that agreement is kept. It has been done and will be done on several levels. I expect also that this will be discussed in Munich. There is still a window. It takes six months before the united STATES has pulled out. So there is still time for Russia to comply with the agreement. But we must also prepare ourselves for a world without the INF treaty, ” says Stoltenberg.
– Must stand united in condemnation of Russia
He says it is too early to speculate about how NATO will respond.
– But we must respond collectively on the Russian violations. We are going to be responsible, defensive and co-ordinated, and we have no intentions to deploy new land-based nuclear weapons in Europe.
– We do not need to mirror what Russia does, the rocket for the rocket, battery for battery. We need a credible deterrence. It has been speculated in the bilateral arrangements, but it is not applicable. We shall do it collectively, as in the 70-80-ies, ” says Stoltenberg.
Stoltenberg: – It is serious. It’s about nuclear weapons is Important to the Munich conference
To sikkerhetskonferansen in Munich at the weekend will not Us president Donald Trump, but most of the other heads of state and government will be there. From Russia meets Sergey Lavrov. Nato secretary general hopes the meeting will be an opportunity for new dialogue.
Especially now when we are experiencing troubled and uncertain times, it is all the more important that one meet, and that it is not only people who agree on everything, but who also disagree. I’m not saying that such a forum can solve the problem, but one should not underestimate the fact that you meet. It is important to build trust and understanding.
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– At one time or another we need to build trust. No one is served by atomopprustning, says Jens Stoltenberg.
Russia has shown that several countries have nuclear missiles without being subject to the agreement. Stoltenberg says NATO supports all initiatives to expand the agreement to include other countries with nuclear weapons, like China.
But there is no argument for breaking the agreement we have, ” says Stoltenberg.
