The tension continues to reach a high level with the statements made one after the other in the Ukraine and Russia crisis. Finally, the White House responded to the statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In his daily press briefing, White House Spokesperson Psaki responded to Putin, who criticized the US and NATO in his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday.
“NATO IS A DEFENSE SECURITY ORGANIZATION”
“The United States and the West are trying to convince us that NATO is a peaceful defense organisation, pointing to countries like Iraq and Libya as counterexamples,” Putin said. Reminding his comment as follows, Psaki said that NATO is a defense and security organization.
“RUSSIA, NOT NATO, STEALED TEN THOUSANDS OF MILITARY ON THE BORDER”
“NATO has always been a defense alliance. It is Russia, not NATO, that has amassed tens of thousands of troops on its border. We are increasing our support for our partners (in the region). They (Russians) have the ability to de-escalate tensions, I hope they do,” Psaki said. he said.
WHAT DID PUTIN SAY?
Russian President Putin noted that the US and NATO’s proposals for NATO not to expand to the east, to return to its borders in 1997 and not to place weapons on Russia’s borders were ignored by the US and NATO, and said, “NATO directly named Russia as the main security threat and enemy in its military strategy in 2019. NATO has identified us as the enemy.” had used the words.
Emphasizing that NATO has brought its military infrastructure closer to Russia’s borders, Putin said that NATO and its member states are “trying to teach” about where and how to deploy the Russian armed forces. Arguing that Russia is not moving towards NATO, but NATO is moving towards Russia, Putin argued that it is unreasonable to say that his country is acting aggressively for this reason.
‘TRUCK’ AGAINST MOSCOW
Explaining that the Nord Stream-2 project is a “trump card” against Moscow, Psaki argued that this trump card should be used correctly so that Russia does not invade Ukraine.
Emphasizing that they did not think the same as some US Congress members who previously wanted to impose sanctions on the project, Psaki argued that it would be more appropriate to use the trump card of canceling the project against Moscow to prevent an invasion.
Responding to a question that Germany did not use the same discourse as the United States regarding the future of the project, Psaki said, “You should ask this question to the German Chancellor, we have been saying that the project is not the right one from the beginning.” made its assessment. (AA)