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07-10-2016, 06:58 AM
WARSAW: Nato leaders on Saturday kept up the pressure on Russia over Ukraine, stressing the need for unity and a **-**nsense dialogue in dealing with a more aggressive Moscow.
The 28 Nato nations, led by US President Barack Obama at his last alliance summit, on Friday endorsed their biggest military revamp since the end of the Cold War in response to the Ukraine conflict.
The plan includes deploying four battalions of around 1,000 troops each in Poland and the Baltic states to act as a tripwire against any fresh Russian adventurism in its Soviet-era backyard.
“The decisions we took yesterday are of historic importance. I believe that Nato showed very clearly that we stand united, we stand firm,” Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas said at the summit in Warsaw.
Leaders will discuss Ukraine with President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday.
Diplomatic sources said that at a dinner late on Friday, leaders devoted most of their time to Russia and agreed that only a firm stand would get President Vladimir Putin to mend his ways, especially in Ukraine.
“The unanimous view **w is that Nato has to be firm and united. There was unanimous support for Nato’s dual approach” of deterrence and dialogue, a Nato official said.
Nato head Jens Stoltenberg an**unced earlier this week that the alliance would hold fresh talks with Russia on Wednesday as a gesture of the West’s openness and good faith.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, a sharp critic of Putin, said a stronger Nato would be better able to talk to Russia.
“I am softening” on the need for dialogue, Grybauskaite told AFP when asked if she was happy to see Nato upping its game.
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The 28 Nato nations, led by US President Barack Obama at his last alliance summit, on Friday endorsed their biggest military revamp since the end of the Cold War in response to the Ukraine conflict.
The plan includes deploying four battalions of around 1,000 troops each in Poland and the Baltic states to act as a tripwire against any fresh Russian adventurism in its Soviet-era backyard.
“The decisions we took yesterday are of historic importance. I believe that Nato showed very clearly that we stand united, we stand firm,” Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas said at the summit in Warsaw.
Leaders will discuss Ukraine with President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday.
Diplomatic sources said that at a dinner late on Friday, leaders devoted most of their time to Russia and agreed that only a firm stand would get President Vladimir Putin to mend his ways, especially in Ukraine.
“The unanimous view **w is that Nato has to be firm and united. There was unanimous support for Nato’s dual approach” of deterrence and dialogue, a Nato official said.
Nato head Jens Stoltenberg an**unced earlier this week that the alliance would hold fresh talks with Russia on Wednesday as a gesture of the West’s openness and good faith.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, a sharp critic of Putin, said a stronger Nato would be better able to talk to Russia.
“I am softening” on the need for dialogue, Grybauskaite told AFP when asked if she was happy to see Nato upping its game.
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