NATO made a plan of repelling possible Russian-Belarusian aggression

• 26.11.2009, 14:05

Defense Minister of Poland Bogdan Klich has stated that the NATO knows how to defend Poland in case of foreign aggression.

Bogdan Klich admitted that the NATO has a plan how to defend Poland “in case of Russian assault”. Such a statement has been made by Russia’s ambassador to the NATO Dmitry Rogozin, RIA Novosti informs.

In particular, Klich stated that Poland shouldn’t have to fear Russian-Belarusian military exercises (Zapad-2009), as the NATO has made a plan of Poland’s defence.

“Though these plans are secret, Klich informed that after manoeuvres of Russia and Belarus these plans have become more relevant,” Rogozin said.

As charter97.org website have informed, on November 1 a British newspaper Telegraph with a reference to Polish magazine Wprost wrote that during recent joint Belarusian-Russian military drills West 2009, an amphibious landing on the Polish coast and the firing of nuclear weapons were simulated.

In late October military drills West 2009 was criticized by Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet.

“The military exercises near the borders of the Baltic states demonstrate that Russia still uses significant means for struggle with the NATO,” Estonian Foreign Minister said at Riga Conference.

“The drills held by Russia near the borders of the Baltic states were the largest over ten years, and their aim was “to cut off the three Baltic states from the NATO,” Estonian Foreign Minister said.

Latvian Defense Minister Imants Liegis also said that the scenario of West 2009 military exercise included intervention in the Baltic states as a part of freeing “Kaliningrad in blockade”.

Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on November 12 that NATO should turn attention to the Belarusian–Russian military exercises held in September near the Polish border.

Radoslaw Sikorski also said that he had written about that in the letter to Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO Secretary General.