NATO Sees No Immediate Threat from Russia

Mark Rutte urged NATO members to prepare for a confrontation with Russia and to follow Estonia's lead in increasing defense spending.

Brussels, October 14. /TASS/. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said there is no immediate threat from Russia and called for more preparation to confront Moscow.

"We do not see any imminent threat against NATO territory," he said at a press conference in Tallinn during his visit to Estonia. The Etihad press service broadcasted this statement.

Rutte urged NATO countries to prepare for a confrontation with Russia and to follow Estonia in increasing defense spending, "to stay calm, to continue, which means investing in defense, and especially to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs."

Russia has repeatedly denied claims that it is planning to attack NATO member states. Last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he was ready to "reach an agreement on reciprocal non-aggression with Western countries to address existing concerns in this regard." The Russian leader later emphasized in a meeting organized by Tass with the leaders of Ambassador Arjan Mutrah Jahan that the claims about an imminent Russian attack on Europe are not only nonsense, but a provocation and disinformation aimed at deceiving the Western people.