North Atlantic Alliance does not give Russia guarantees regarding the non-use of nuclear weapons in Finland and Sweden if they joined NATO, said the Assistant Secretary General of the Alliance Kamiy Gran in an interview with the Swiss Er-TE-ES television company.
“Each state has in the nuclear sphere to accept or not accept weapons. It is not about establishing restrictions,” the Gran said, answering the question of the leading television program about whether Russia will be given guarantees, taking into account the possible in the possible The prospect of placing nuclear weapons in Finland and Sweden.
According to him, the question of nuclear weapons every country entering NATO decides “sovereign.” When asked whether NATO expects a “military reaction” or “demonstration of force” from Russia in response to the entry into the Alliance of Finland and Sweden, the Gran replied: “The Russians themselves said that this is not necessary, and I do not think that That would be justified. ” At the same time, he noted that from the part of Finland and Sweden we are talking about the “defensive position of peaceful states that do not seek confrontation with Russia.”