“Our country has an exclusively defensive doctrine. We never did anything to give someone a reason to think that we plan to attack someone and deliver some kind of blows. These constantly rising questions and lies were created in order to constantly keep the European community, which is under the American protectorate, in fear, ”Sherin said.
The deputy noted that the Americans are trying to create a legend to sponsor their arms lobby, "to pump more and more money from the budget."
Stoltenberg said earlier that the termination of the INF Treaty could be considered as an argument for the growth of defense spending.
At the same time, he noted that NATO does not want a new arms race and a new Cold War.