NATO criticized Russia over missile shield on the border with the Baltic countries

NATO today criticized Russia for setting up a missile shield close to the borders with the Baltic countries, Uzelac it as "aggressive military move", and called for dialogue to reduce tensions, reports Beta.The NATO statement said that the deployment of missiles on the border of Russia and the Baltic State of the Alliance "does not contribute to alleviating tensions and predictability in relations between NATO and Moscow."

The Alliance also called for transparency in the military activities in order to avoid "incidents and the risk of misunderstanding."Moscow has recently strongly protested arranging the NATO troops near the border with Russia, and to respond by placing missiles in the Kaliningrad region, near the border with NATO members Poland and Lithuania.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Moscow would attack targets NATO if it determines that threaten the security of Russia.

• 22 Nov, 2016
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