The opening of a new NATO base in Rostock is causing further diplomatic tensions between Russia and Germany. Moscow warned of “the most negative consequences.”
In protest against the inauguration of NATO’s maritime headquarters in Rostock, the Russian government summoned the German ambassador to Moscow. The ambassador was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, where he was given a “decisive protest about the opening of NATO headquarters on Berlin’s initiative,” the ministry said on Tuesday. The “expansion of NATO military infrastructure in the former East Germany will have the most negative consequences,” the statement said.
The opening of the NATO base on the territory of the former GDR is a further step in the “creeping revision of the results of the Second World War and the militarization of the country,” the ministry explained.
NATO base in Rostock: Moscow sees violation of the two-plus-four treaty
From a Russian perspective, the commissioning of the NATO headquarters in Rostock violates the Two Plus Four Treaty of 1990. The treaty, which sealed German unification internationally, prohibited the stationing of “armed forces of other states” in the territory of the former GDR excluded. “We have demanded immediate and comprehensive explanations from Berlin,” the ministry said.
According to Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD), the situation in the Baltic Sea region and the allies’ naval activities will be organized from the new NATO headquarters in Rostock, which was inaugurated on Tuesday. According to its own statements, the Western defense alliance wants to arm itself against “aggressive Russian actions,” especially in areas close to Russia.
Source: Stern
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