– We know that it is clearly worried about Russia, it is the fact that NATO intends to return to its original roots, i.e. deterrent. And this is NATO's task, and the progress in their commitment to defense is unusual – said Bruce. In this way, she answered a request for a comment to the words of the head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Ławrowo, who hung a fall to the alliance due to too high level of defense expenditure.
Bruce added that the US fully support NATO and that the role of the alliance is “necessary for a safe and stable Europe.”
– This is what it is about: scapering, and this kind of defense expenditure helps to achieve it – she noted.
The spokeswoman at the same time refused to explain what President Trump meant on Friday that Vladimir Putin “respects America again.
– For obvious reasons, I will refuse to characterize what the most powerful man in the world thinks, who saves this country and the world, but recently, on June 25, he said: “I consider him – Putin – as a man who is lost” – Bruce pointed out.
Lavrov hits NATO
Sergei Lavrov stated on Monday that the increase in reinforcing expenses of NATO countries could lead to a fall. The minister commented on the statement of the head of Polish diplomacy Radosław Sikorski, who reminded that the USSR broke up, not standing the costs of the arms race.
The Russian minister said that since Sikorski “is such a fortune -telled, he probably predicts that the catastrophic [zdaniem Ławrowa] The increase in expenditure on reinforcement of NATO countries can finally lead to the collapse of the “alliance.
