Estonia: Baltic countries must have deterrence against Russia – Mehr News Agency | Iranian and world news

According to RCO News Agency quoting Algeria, Alar Karis“Since we are very small countries, we have to build our defense based on deterrence,” said Estonia’s president, emphasizing the need to display power for deterrence against Russia. As we all know, Russia only recognizes power.

Accordingly, Alar Karis In an interview with the Lithuanian national network, he warned: “We have a neighbor who has been very aggressive, not only now in Ukraine, but in the past. We had forgotten the time that the ambition lies to seize the land of neighbors in Russian genes.

President Estonia, referring to the history of his relations with Russia, said: “We had a peace contract between Estonia and Russia in the year, but five years later, they attacked our country.” So these treaties do not help us.

He also called for security guarantees for Ukraine and emphasized that Russia could not be trusted.

The remarks come as concerns about Russia’s possible threats to Baltic states have increased after the invasion of Ukraine. Estonia, Latvia And Lithuania, who are all members of NATO, since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February. Yaf They have supported and called for the strengthening of NATO’s military presence in the east.

Experts believe that these remarks indicate deep concern for the region’s long -term threats to Russia. Baltic countries have recently called for a significant increase in the defense budget and the permanent deployment of NATO forces in the region.