Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: Russia will pay close attention to the deployment of troops stationed in Europe and America
Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, June 25. According to Russian media reports on the 25th, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Glushko said that Russia will pay close attention to the final deployment of US troops in Europe. When necessary, Russia will take all necessary measures to ensure the legitimate interests of Russian defense and security.
Glushko said that it does not rule out that the United States may undermine the basic documents on the relationship between Russia and NATO. He said that the United States has continuously undermined the foundations of European military security, withdrew from the "Guide to the Treaty" and the "Open Sky Treaty" one after another, and earlier blocked the approval of the "Europe Conventional Armed Forces Treaty Amendment Agreement."
Grushko said that the basic document on the relationship between Russia and NATO stipulates that NATO is obliged not to deploy additional important combat troops. The Russian side is paying close attention to the news that the US side may "deploy some US troops withdrawn from Germany to Poland." Russia will pay close attention to the final deployment of the US military in Europe and take all necessary measures to ensure the legitimate interests of Russian defense and security when necessary.
Data from the US Department of Defense in March this year showed that about 35,000 US troops are stationed in Germany. US President Trump said on June 15 that he would reduce the number of U.S. troops in Germany to 25,000; he later said on the 24th that Poland proposed to increase the size of U.S. troops stationed in Poland. The United States may withdraw some U.S. troops from Germany Deployed to Poland.
Russia and NATO signed the Basic Document on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security of the Russian Federation and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1997. According to this document, the two sides will work together to eliminate "the traces left over during the confrontation" and establish a new relationship.