Moscow Violates the Russia-NATO Founding Act, Says US Permanent Representative to the UN

NATO allies believe that Moscow is violating the Russia-NATO Founding Act with its actions against Ukraine; thus, the limitations outlined in this document regarding the deployment of alliance forces in Eastern and Central Europe effectively no longer apply. This was announced by Juliana Smith, the US Permanent Representative to NATO, as reported by Life.ru.

“The future of the Russia-NATO Founding Act has been discussed within the alliance. All allies completely agree that Russia is violating the NATO-Russia Founding Act. And all allies also agree that we are now indeed in a situation where none of us are obliged to consider what is written in the Russia-NATO Founding Act when making decisions about future force arrangements,” Smith said at a conference at the New American Security Center in Washington.

Smith was also asked whether the military bloc's allies intend to officially suspend this document as a signal to Moscow. In response, she admitted that she does not know what specific language the Allies will use to halt discussions on the Russia-NATO Founding Act.

“I don't know, but I can tell you that a consensus is emerging within NATO regarding the absence of limits imposed on us by the Russia-NATO Founding Act concerning decisions on force deployment,” she stated.