{"id":3183,"date":"2022-02-16T22:49:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T22:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amnewsworld.com\/?p=3183"},"modified":"2022-02-16T22:49:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T22:49:03","slug":"nato-chief-says-european-security-ready-for-the-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amnewsworld.com\/fi\/nato-chief-says-european-security-ready-for-the-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO chief says European security ready for the ‘new normal’"},"content":{"rendered":"

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance saw no de-escalation from Russia around Ukraine’s borders. As NATO defense ministers met in Brussels, Romania is prepared to host a French-led battlegroup.<\/strong><\/p>\n

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that NATO continues to see an increase in Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s borders\u00a0even as Moscow made gestures to show it wishes to continue on the path of diplomacy.<\/p>\n

Stoltenberg said the alliance was moving to establish a French-led battlegroup in Romania to contend with what he described as the “new normal” in European security.<\/p>\n

\"NATO <\/a>NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Europe confronts a ‘new normal’ due to Russia’s actions on Ukraine’s borders<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“The new normal is that Russia is willing to contest some fundamental principles of\u00a0our security,” Stoltenberg said.<\/p>\n

He added, “We don’t know what will happen, but we know what has already happened.”<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later concurred that his country\u00a0saw no change in Russia’s military posture on its borders. Ukrainian\u00a0Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal took to Twitter to thank the European Parliament for\u00a0\u20ac1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) in financial assistance.<\/p>\n

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