Facing an unusual activity of Russian fighters and bombers, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday that NATO "remains vigilant." The day before, the organization stated that the devices of alliance countries took off in four different locations for interception missions against Russian military aircraft group "maneuvering" in the areas of the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Black Sea.
"We are not in a cold war situation, said Jens Stoltenberg. But Russia has undermined confidence and much much regressed that we tried to create a relationship with NATO more cooperative and constructive since the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall. "
In Berlin, the Chancellor was however confident. "During the last months, there has been much activity on the Russian military exercises, tempered Angela Merkel who received Thursday Slovenian Prime Minister. "I'm not deeply concerned," she has said about a possible violation of airspace.
According to the organization, the Russian aircraft had not filed a flight plan, had no contact with the civil aviation authorities and did not communicate. Hence "a potential risk to civilian flights."
With AFP and Reuters
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