#Kaliningrad - "The land border between the 3
#Baltic states & #Russia, #Belarus, which for all intents & purposes a military district of the Russian Federation, & Kaliningrad is 1,635 km..." #Latvia National Security Advisor Jānis Kažociņš tells #EUDFF22
#Baltic states & #Russia, #Belarus, which for all intents & purposes a military district of the Russian Federation, & Kaliningrad is 1,635 km..." #Latvia National Security Advisor Jānis Kažociņš tells #EUDFF22
"The land border between the #Baltic states & @NATO is a massive 104km" per #Latvia's Kažociņš
Kažociņš calls it "a massive challenge"
Kažociņš calls it "a massive challenge"
EU currently providing #Ukraine w/long-rage artillery, tanks & #MLRS, per @eu_eeas Amb Charles Fries at #EUDFF22
"We have adapted our offers to the #Ukrainian needs"
"We have adapted our offers to the #Ukrainian needs"
"@NATO is not a threat to #Russia bcs nobody in Russia genuinely thinks that 30 -& soon to be 32- NATO nations would have consensus to attack Russia..." per #Latvia's Kažociņš
"...But the #EuropeanUnion is an existential threat to the #Russia|n Federation & to #Putin in particular bcs it is an example of good governance..." per #Latvia's Kažociņš
"...If #Ukraine can be made to work as a functioning & free legal democracy where individual rights are respected, then the 'bigger brother' country as #Putin would like to put it, may well start asking, 'Why can't we live like that" per #Latvia's Kažociņš
Expect "broader announcements" on force posture during next week's @NATO summit, per @WHNSC Sr Dir for European Affairs Amanda Sloat at #EUDFF22
"Somebody much more erudite than me pointed out, #Russia is the storm. #China is the #climatechange" #Latvia National Security Advisor Jānis Kažociņš tells #EUDFF22
"What we are looking at, probably, is a battle btw democratic states, free states & autocratic states... & #China is a problem" per #Latvia's Kažociņš
"The more democratic countries we can bring together...the more likely we are to be able to deal w/the challenges"
"The more democratic countries we can bring together...the more likely we are to be able to deal w/the challenges"
Bigger threat - #China or #Russia
"I think in the long term #China is going to the the bigger problem" per #Latvia's Kažociņš "I'm an optimist abt #Russia. I think Russia will change - It has changed in the past, usually after unsuccessful foreign wars"
"I think in the long term #China is going to the the bigger problem" per #Latvia's Kažociņš "I'm an optimist abt #Russia. I think Russia will change - It has changed in the past, usually after unsuccessful foreign wars"
"What we need to do is find a way of dealing w/the current #Russia challenge so that we can all maintain our deterrence...but be ready for, perhaps, more significant challenges further east in the future" per #Latvia's Kažociņš
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