NATO\u2019s recent move to strengthen its eastern border is aimed at deterring Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, adding it should be clear to Moscow that the alliance will be ready to defend itself if necessary.
\nSpeaking at the Eastern German Economic Forum also attended by Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte, Scholz said Germany has played a leading role in NATO\u2019s presence in the Baltics on Russia\u2019s border, stretching back nearly a decade.
\n\u201cAnd because the threat from Russia will continue, we and other allies decided last year to deploy additional units to the Baltic states and to station an entire brigade there permanently in future,\u201d Scholz said, according to a speech manuscript.
\n\u201cBut this turnaround in security policy is necessary to show Russia: We are prepared to defend every square inch of NATO territory against attacks.\u201d
\nHe said diplomacy would only be successful from a position of strength.
\nRussian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week warned NATO members against allowing Ukraine to fire their weapons into Russia, after several Western allies lifted restrictions imposed on the use of weapons donated to Kyiv.
\nNATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Friday dismissed the warnings, saying the alliance had heard them many times before and self-defense was not escalation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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