Russia summoned the German ambassador
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia announced the summoning of the German ambassador in this coury.
According to RCO News Agency, in a stateme on Tuesday evening, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced the summoning of the German ambassador to the coury following the opening of the new NATO naval command ceer in the Baltic Sea region.
According to the report of the Russian News Agency, the ministry announced that “Russia expressed its firm objection to the establishme of the NATO ceer at the initiative of Berlin in Rostock and the expansion of NATO’s military infrastructure in the former East Germany will have the most negative consequences and will not remain unanswered.” “
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius yesterday inaugurated the new NATO command ceer called “Baltic Strategic Command Ceer” in the Baltic Sea in Rostock.
Germany, which has the largest naval force in the Baltic Sea in the NATO alliance, assumed the regional leadership role on October 1.
This new headquarters is responsible for coordinating the naval operations of the member states and leading the naval forces assigned by NATO in peace, crisis and war. NATO had already decided in 2017 to establish new naval bases.
The Baltic Sea is of strategic importance for NATO and is a ceral economic supply area for neighboring couries. Recely, the NATO military alliance has claimed to have observed more espionage by Russia in the Baltic Sea, also targeting the infrastructure of neighboring couries.
In addition to Germany, 11 couries Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, England, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland and Sweden will also be prese in this command ceer.
According to the German Defense Minister, this command ceer is not a direct response to the conflict in Ukraine, but “this command ceer will play a key role in protecting the ierests of NATO couries against any aggression, especially considering the proximity of Russia.”
In other statemes during the inauguration of this command ceer, Pistorius claimed: “The main enemy of Putin (Preside of Russia) is our independence, freedom and democratic way of life.”
On the other hand, according to “Reuters” news agency, in peacetime, 60 soldiers from other couries and 120 German soldiers are prese in this command ceer. In case of crisis or conflict, the number of employees can be increased up to 240 people.
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