Thomas Greminger. File photoGENEVA, Feb 1, by Elizaveta Isakova.The appearance of independent observers on the border between Russia and Ukraine, including from the OSCE, would be a reasonable solution to relieve tensions, director of the Geneva Center for Security Policy, former OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger said in an interview with RIA Novosti. reasonable solution. And in the OSCE Vienna Document you will find provisions to do just that. If there is a suspicion of unusual military activity, there are tools to check it, and then to provide evidence that there really is no unusual activity, nothing risky, nothing dangerous «, he said.
The NATO Secretary General saw in the exercises of Russia and Belarus a risk for the alliance and UkraineKiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and does not intend to attack anyone, and claims of «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. Moscow, on the other hand, has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev sent half of the entire personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine to the Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide Ukraine with military support, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass. around Ukraine
