Washington, February 27: Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flourney says the US will not accept the assertion of Russia’s sphere of influence, particularly in the Baltic States.
“We’ve made it very clear that even as we seek to find new ways of working with Russia we also are very clear that we don’t accept certain of their policies, the assertion of their sphere of influence, particularly in this [Baltic] region,” Flournoy said at a news conference in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia on Friday.
Washington has expressed concerns over what it says are Moscow’s plans to take the upper hand in its former soviet unions.
This is while Kremlin sees NATO’s eastward expansion and US missile system plans as threats to its national security.
——-Agencies