Thursday, May 1, 2014

NATO Official: Russia Now More An ‘Adversary’ Than An Ally

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NATO Diplomat: Russia Now More An ‘Adversary’ Than An Ally -- The Hill

In the wake of its continued aggression against Ukraine and bellicose rhetoric toward the West, NATO and its allies must begin to consider Russia as an adversary, the alliance’s top diplomat said on Thursday.

“The Russians have declared NATO as an adversary so we have to begin to view Russia no longer as a partner but more an adversary than a partner,” the alliance’s deputy secretary general, Alexander Vershbow, told reporters during a Defense Writers Group breakfast.

Vershbow said Moscow’s recent moves in eastern and central Europe have “fundamental implications” for the 65-year-old transatlantic alliance because it has “effectively overturned a lot of the pillars of the international security system we’ve come to know and be comfortable with” since the end of World War II.

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More News ON NATO's Top Diplomat Calling Russia More An ‘Adversary’ Than An Ally

NATO Official: Russia Now An Adversary -- AP
Nato 'now sees Russia as enemy' -- Independent.ie
NATO’s second-in-command says Russia is now an enemy, not a partner -- RT
NATO: Russia is now an adversary -- Today's Zaman

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