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| Stoltenberg admits to NATO's role in causing damage to the Russian fleet in the Black Sea |
| 2024-03-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] NATO is helping to cause damage to the Russian navy in the Black Sea, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on March 18 after a meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze in Tbilisi. The head of the bloc said that the situation in the Black Sea is important for both Georgia and NATO. According to him, they allegedly succeeded in restricting Russia’s navigation. “With our support, the large Russian fleet in the Black Sea is being damaged,” Stoltenberg said. As Regnum reported, the NATO Secretary General said on March 14 that the Ukrainian Armed Forces, when attacking ships of the Black Sea Fleet over the past two years, used SCALP and Storm Shadow missiles, which were supplied to Kiev by the alliance countries. He also called for increasing the supply of missiles to Ukraine. On March 17, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, while at the command post of the Black Sea Fleet, ordered training to repel air strikes, as well as attacks by naval drones. He emphasized that this should be carried out including at night. The head of the Ministry of Defense also ordered the installation of additional large-caliber machine-gun rifle systems on ships in order to destroy approaching drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Related from regnum.ru Georgian Prime Minister Kobakhidze discusses integration into NATO with Stoltenberg The head of the Georgian government, Irakli Kobakhidze, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed the issue of integrating the republic into the alliance at a meeting in Tbilisi on March 18. The Prime Minister stated this at a joint press conference with the head of the organization. “I am glad that today we once again discussed issues of cooperation between NATO and Georgia, as well as the process of our integration,” Kobakhidze said. He also expressed gratitude to NATO and personally to the Secretary General for “supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia” and said that the alliance plays an important role in developing its defense capabilities. According to Kobakhidze, Georgia is one of NATO’s most reliable and loyal partners. Georgia has been a member of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council since 1992. Twelve years later, in 2004, Georgia agreed with NATO on an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). Two years later, the Georgian parliament voted for the country’s integration into NATO, but the republic was not accepted into the alliance. In August 2008, after the army of the republic attacked South Ossetia, Russia carried out an operation to force Georgia to peace. Moscow recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. There are Russian military personnel on the territory of the republics that Tbilisi still considers its territory, and Georgia’s entry into NATO would mean a military conflict with Russia for the alliance. The Georgian authorities are also striving to achieve European integration of the republic. Officially, the country submitted an application to join the European Union in March 2022. At the end of last year, the republic received candidate status. As noted by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, the EU is thereby trying to annoy Russia. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 There is a saying "an elephant never forgets." There isn't, to the best of my knowledge, a saying "a bear never forgets, or forgives" - but, if you'd read some Russian history ... |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-03-19 03:04 |