NATO does not want a new arms race with Russia, - Stoltenberg

NATO and Russia need to learn how to build a dialogue, because no one wants a new cold war and an arms race with Moscow NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this in an interview to Deutsche Welle, the DS reports. “We’re not responding tank for tank, or missile for missile, or nuclear weapon for nuclear weapon. But of course we need to make sure that NATO adapts when we see a more assertive Russia investing heavily in new modern equipment and willing to use military force against its neighbors. We saw it in Georgia, we see it in Ukraine. Moscow also has troops in Moldova without the consent of the government in Moldova,” Stoltenberg said. In addition, he stressed that NATO is directly responsible for such a policy of Russia. “We don’t want a new Cold War. We don’t want a new arms race and don’t want to isolate Russia. Russia is our neighbor, Russia is there to stay. So for NATO, this is about the balance, combining what we call “defense and dialogue,” he assured. Source: Деловая столица