CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas. Archive photoMINSK, May 22.CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said that the organization has enough strength and resources to respond to possible threats in connection with NATO expansion. «Do we need to strengthen our power potential in this situation? We have enough forces and means to respond to possible threats that will actually manifest themselves in this situation (when new members join NATO — Ed.). Now such an issue is not on the agenda (about building up the CSTO power bloc — Note ed.),” he said in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel, commenting on the plans of Sweden and Finland to join NATO. into a trap that will seriously weaken the alliance, writes NIAccording to him, the admission of new members to the North Atlantic Alliance creates the preconditions for increased tension and militarization of the region, which does not contribute to strengthening security for all parties. Finland and Sweden started talking about the possibility the possibility of abandoning long-term neutrality and joining the North Atlantic Alliance against the backdrop of a Russian special operation in Ukraine. NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said that the organization would be glad to see the Scandinavian states in its ranks and provide them with the opportunity for rapid integration. Moscow emphasized that NATO was aimed at confrontation. As the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov noted, its further expansion will not bring greater security to Europe. At the same time, the Kremlin spokesman clarified that he does not consider the possible participation of Helsinki and Stockholm in the unification an existential threat to Moscow. in NATO dangerous for Europe
