Putin did not specify what actions Russian Federation would take, but he insisted that it was not making the first step, only responding to moves by Washington.
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‘It will be the same case with Poland’. The system is meant to defend Europe against rogue states like Iran and not intended to target Moscow’s missiles, Washington has said.
Moscow considers the high-tech missile shield a threat to its national security, but America claims it has been switched-on in Romania to protect against potential attacks from Iran – work is underway to turn on the shield in Poland as well.
The NATO run system is housed at a us naval support facility in Deveselu, Romania, the site of a Romanian military base.
Further undermining the Pentagon’s provocative narrative, the Russian president said the argument that the project was needed to defend against Iran made no sense because an worldwide deal had been reached to curb Tehran’s nuclear program. “We are not going to buy just words that something is of great mutual interest”, Putin said at a press conference in Athens on Friday when asked about the future of South Stream and other joint energy projects with Europe.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, will meet Putin there.
Putin made sure everybody understands it is Moscow’s starkest warning since the early 2000s by stressing that Washington and its allies keep ignoring their warnings but this deployment is considered another step toward undermining Russia’s security.
“Of course it’s a threat to us”.
‘We won’t take any action until we see rockets in areas that neighbour us’. ‘Russia will not conduct any discussions with anyone on this subject’.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev on Friday said a counter-embargo on European Union food products would be stretched to the end of 2017.
“We will be waiting until certain actions will be taken in Poland”. But during a news conference, the Russian president took the opportunity to warn Romania and Poland that their decisions to open North Atlantic Treaty Organisation bases puts them at risk.
Poland has been pressing for a stronger North Atlantic Treaty Organisation presence in Central and Eastern Europe in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
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As on the first day of his first visit to Greece in 10 years, when some 2,500 police closed off all the streets of his tour, today’s security measures were equally Draconian. USA said the shield needed to protect from Iran, not aimed at Russian Federation. We will not take any first steps.
