Pak Sahafat- Dmitry Medvedev, former President and Prime Minister of Russia and Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, said on Thursday night that NATO is trying to dominate the Baltic Sea and Russia will respond accordingly.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency’s report from Russia’s “Tass” news agency, he emphasized that the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO will make the security conditions in the Baltic region more critical, because this region will become a sea over which NATO dominates.
The former Prime Minister of Russia stated that his country has the ability to defend its interests and guarantee its security if Sweden and Finland join NATO.
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He said: Russia’s response to these events will be necessary and sufficient, and I am confident that we will be able to defend our interests and the interests of our country, guarantee its security and the security of our citizens with the necessary means.
He emphasized once again that the joining of Finland and Sweden to NATO will complicate the security situation in the Baltic Sea.
Medvedev also stated that as a result of Stockholm and Helsinki joining NATO, these two countries should reconsider their neutrality policy.
The leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officially invited Sweden and Finland to join this alliance on July 8 this year.