NATO countries are actively trying to deploy their infrastructure and military forces to the Asia-Pacific region, provoking an arms race in the region. This statement was made by Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin at the 10th meeting of “SMOA Plus” held in Jakarta. RIA News.
“Recently, there have been active attempts to deploy NATO’s military potential in the Asia-Pacific region. “Under the pretext of the indivisibility of the security of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific region, Western countries are actually deploying their forces and infrastructure here,” he said.
He explained that England, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy have expanded the presence of their naval and air forces in the Asia-Pacific region, conducted regular exercises and increased their scale. At the same time, from the point of view of the Russian Ministry of Defense, there is no real threat to these European countries.
Fomin also said that US military-biological activities are gaining strength in Asia-Pacific countries, which have deployed a number of laboratories in the region, similar to those previously operating in Ukraine.
In September, Georgy Zinoviev, the first director of the Asian department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, discusses the same topic: explainedHe said that Russia and China are concerned about the conflict line of the United States and its satellites to militarize the Asia-Pacific region and drag NATO potential there.
happened before known About the attitude towards Russia at the APEC summit in the USA.