Jens Stoltenberg

The Baltic states feel like a “NATO peninsula”

He said this in an interview with the Journal de Dimanche

“The Lukashenka’s regime cynically used migrants and refugees this summer to artificially pressure our eastern borders.”

The Russia-Belarus cooperation had been raising the alliance’s grave concerns in these latter days, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told journalists.

Personnel at Belarus’ diplomatic mission to NATO will have restricted access to the alliance’s headquarters following the grounding of a passenger plane by Minsk, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday.

The Belarusian authorities are trying to shift the focus from domestic to external issues by using NATO as a kind of excuse for persecuting peaceful protesters and political opposition in Belarus, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday ahead of the informal meeting with EU Defence Ministers in Berlin.

On February 12-13, NATO Defense Ministers met in Brussels to address key issues for the Alliance. During today’s press conference in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has answered a question put by Belsat TV anchorman Syarhei Pelyasa.