Moscow Considers Calls for NATO Permanent Task Force in Black Sea as Provocation

© AFP 2023 / DANIEL MIHAILESCUWar ships of the NATO Standing Maritime Group-2 take part in a military drill on the Black Sea, 60km from Constanta city March 16, 2015
War ships of the NATO Standing Maritime Group-2 take part in a military drill on the Black Sea, 60km from Constanta city March 16, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Russia views proposals by Ukraine and Romania to form a NATO permanent naval task force in the Black Sea as a provocative act, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.

BELGRADE, (Sputnik) — At a joint press conference with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic in Belgrade, Lavrov said:

"We are convinced that all decisions regarding the Black Sea must be taken by coastal states alone, especially when it comes to security issues."

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"That's why we consider the idea expressed by Ukraine and our Romanian Black Sea neighbors about the creation of a NATO permanent naval task force [in the Black Sea] as provocative," Lavrov stressed.

The Russian minister also emphasized that violations of the Montreux Convention on Bosporus Straits and the Dardanelles are unacceptable.

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