WARSAW (Sputnik) — The Russia-NATO Founding Act of 1997 pledges that the alliance will not permanently station substantial combat forces or nuclear weapons in Eastern and Central Europe. The goal of the document was to build a long-term peace in the Euro-Atlantic area based on principles of democracy and cooperative security.
"This [Founding Act] has not been discussed yesterday. I think that Russia has, unfortunately, breached this act several times but nevertheless NATO steps are in accordance with all international agreements including those that Russia has breached," Roivas told journalists before the beginning of the second day of NATO summit.
On Friday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that at the NATO summit in Warsaw that the alliance would strengthen its military presence in Eastern Europe on a rotational basis with four battalions in Poland and in the Baltic nations.
