He said this in an interview with Bild.
According to him, because of nuclear exercises, Russia risks provoking a new nuclear race in Europe.
The US government has determined that Russia violates the INF Treaty, and is also going to develop and test a new medium-range missile. In this situation, all NATO partners are alarmed.
Thus, the NATO Secretary General urged Russia to abide by the treaty, as well as to ensure the transparency of defense projects and military exercises.
Stoltenberg called the document the cornerstone of European security, which for decades provided peace in Central Europe.
As previously reported in URA-Inform, the Russian Federation does not intend to join the Treaty on the Banning of Nuclear Weapons. Russia shares the task of building a nuclear-free world, but it is necessary to achieve this goal "not by such unilateral methods" on which the treaty is based.