Original article (in Montenegrin) was published on 04/02/2022
While the negotiations between Russia and NATO are expected to continue, and the world anticipates for the tensions on the border with Ukraine to calm down, some websites from Serbia report that “there will be no peace”. Their blade is always aimed at the Alliance and the West, which is often accompanied by “powerful” photos of Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin.
While the negotiations between Russia and NATO are expected to continue, and the world anticipates for the tensions on the border with Ukraine to calm down, some websites from Serbia report that “there will be no peace”. Their blade is always aimed at the Alliance and the West, which is often accompanied by “powerful” photos of Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin.
The website Informer published an article with the following title:
NATO AND AMERICA WANT TO THREATEN RUSSIA AGAIN! Three new demands have been submitted which suggest – THERE WILL BE NO PEACE, Stoltenberg: WE GAVE OUR PROPOSALS… WE ARE NOT NAIVE!
The text is accompanied by a photo, which shows the Russian president with his index finger raised, and the head of the Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, with his eyes looking down. The text faithfully conveys a part of what the head of the Alliance said at the NATO headquarters on January 26 at a press conference.
On this occasion, he said that NATO sent a written proposal to Russia, which was done in parallel with the United States. The document highlights three main areas, in which, as Stoltenberg said at the conference, there is room for progress.
- NATO-Russia relations. Russia has severed diplomatic relations with NATO, making our dialogue more difficult. So, we should re-establish our offices in Moscow and Brussels.
- European security, including the situation in and around Ukraine. We are ready to listen to Russia’s concerns and engage in a real conversation on how to support and strengthen the basic principles of European security that we have all signed, starting with the Helsinki Final Act. This includes the right of each nation to choose its security arrangements. Russia should refrain from coercion, aggressive rhetoric and malicious actions against allies and other nations. Russia should also withdraw its forces from Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, where they have been deployed without the consent of those countries.
- Risk reduction, transparency and arms control. History has shown that working on these issues can provide absolute security for all. So we need practical measures that will make a real difference. We propose joint briefings on exercises and nuclear policy in the NATO-Russia Council as a first step.
Bearing in mind that in the introductory part, Stoltenberg called on Russia to calm tensions, which, as he says, can be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy, it is clear that there is no room for saying that “NATO and America want to threaten Russia”. The three demands listed above also do not suggest that “there will be no peace”.
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