NATO Plans ‘Reset’ to Deal With ‘Long-Term Consequences’ Regarding Russia

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg suggested that the military alliance may establish a permanent presence of troops on its eastern flank in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“What we see now is a new reality, a new normal for European security. Therefore, we have now asked our military commanders to provide options for what we call a reset, a more longer-term adaptation of NATO,” Stoltenberg told The Telegraph this weekend. “I expect that NATO leaders will make decisions on this when they meet in Madrid at the NATO summit in June.”

Since the start of the conflict, which erupted on Feb. 24, the United States has increased its troop presence in Europe to more than 100,000. Meanwhile, NATO has since deployed about 40,000 troops to the eastern part of the alliance to countries such as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, and Bulgaria.

NATO is “in the midst of a very fundamental transformation” to deal with “long-term consequences for our security” following the conflict, Stoltenberg added in an interview.

“NATO needs to adapt to that new reality. And that’s exactly what we are doing,” he said. “NATO is the most successful alliance in history for two reasons. One is that we have been able to unite Europe and North America. The other is that we have been able to change when the world is changing. Now the world is changing, and NATO is changing.”

As speculation has ramped up that Russia would work more closely with the Chinese communist regime, Stoltenberg, without elaborating, said NATO is coming up with a concept to account for China’s military aspirations for the first time. Beijing and Moscow are apparently “working more and more closely together,” he said.

Russia has failed to take any major cities since it launched its invasion on Feb. 24 but Ukraine says it has been gathering its forces in the east for a major assault and has urged people to flee.

It comes as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Twitter he had spoken on the phone with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz about additional sanctions as well as more defense and financial support for his country. Zelenskyy also discussed with Ukrainian officials Kyiv’s proposals for a new package of EU sanctions, his office said.

By Jack Phillips

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