NATO linked the collapse of the INF Treaty with an increase in defense spending

“For everything else, the termination of the INF Treaty is one of the arguments for increasing defense spending, because there are more Russian missiles in Europe that can carry nuclear weapons and can reach European cities in minutes. This only adds to the uncertainty and unpredictability that the allies are facing, ”RIA Novosti quoted Stoltenberg as saying.

However, he said that NATO does not want a new arms race and a new Cold War.

Stoltenberg also noted that NATO defense ministers at a meeting in Brussels did not discuss the possibility of an alliance peacekeeping operation in northern Syria.