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Ambassador of Latvia to NATO Edgar Skuya It was announced on the air of the LTV channel that “the threats of the Russian authorities against Ukraine are becoming more and more real,” writes tvnet.lv.
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine was followed by the deployment of NATO forces in the Baltic states,” Skuja said.
He added that “the international community has issued a warning to the Russian authorities, very serious warnings.” According to Squi, “we still need to let the aggressor understand.”
“Accordingly, the Russian authorities should listen. And I think that the whole world understands that the right decision would be not to carry out any aggression against Ukraine, ”said the Latvian Ambassador to NATO.
He added that if Russia nevertheless invades Ukraine, it will require the NATO alliance to “Use all kinds.” In particular, according to Skui, in this case, one should expect “the deployment of additional forces of NATO allies in Latvia and other allies in support of Ukraine.”
Edgar Skuja placed the responsibility for breaking the dialogue between Russia and NATO entirely on Moscow. “This is not the responsibility of multiple parties. This is the responsibility of the Russian Federation for the absence of a NATO-Russia dialogue. Parallel to NATO’s containment policy, NATO to dialogue. And the only way to return to this dialogue is that Russia must decide and sit down at the negotiating table, ”the Latvian official concluded.
Recall that on December 31, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Alexey Danilov gave a briefing, which was on the statement that at the moment Kiev does not see a critical threat of aggression from Russia