Washington is ready to defend every centimeter of the North Atlantic Alliance territory (NATO), declared a permanent representative of the United States in the United Nations (UN) Mike Waltz Monday at an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council. This was held in response to the disturbance of the Estonian airspace by Russian fighters. TASR reports according to AFP.
“As we said nine days ago, The United States is behind its NATO allies face to face these airspace disturbances. And I want to take this first opportunity to repeat and stress that the United States and our allies will defend every centimeter of NATO territory, ” He stressed Waltz, whose nomination for the position of the Ambassador to the UN was approved only on Friday. Waltz also called on Russia at the UN to start negotiating the war directly with Ukraine.
Three Russian MiG-31 aircraft, which are able to carry hypersonic rockets Kinžal, disrupted the Estonian airspace on Friday. They broke without permission into the area by the island of Vainloo in the Baltic Sea, where they stayed for 12 minutes. US President Donald Trump promised on Sunday that in the case of escalation by Russia, Poland will also defend the Baltic States.
British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper at the UN Security Council warned that Russian penetrations into NATO territory can trigger an armed conflict. “Your unscrupulous action risks a direct armed confrontation between NATO and Russia. Our alliance is defensive, but do not have any illusions, we are ready to defend the airspace and NATO territory, ” protects. “If we have to confront aircraft operating in NATO space without permission, we will do so,” she stressed.
Deputy Russian Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polansky argued that there is no evidence to claim the Western states of disturbing the Estonian airspace.“We will not participate in this absurd theater,” he said. “When you decide to want to conduct a serious discussion on European security, the fate of our common continent, how to make this continent prosperous and safe for everyone, we will be ready,” added the Russian diplomat.
