対ウクライナ:ＮＡＴＯが軍事支援検討 露軍の展開けん制 - 毎日新聞
ロシアによるウクライナ南部クリミア半島編入を巡り、北大西洋条約機構（ＮＡＴＯ）が４月１日から開く外相会議で、ＮＡＴＯウクライナ理事会を開き、ウクライナの軍備更新などの支援を検討することがわかった。軍事支援を明確化することで、ウクライナ国境付近に軍を展開しているロシアをけん制する狙いがある。
NATO to promote ties with Ukraine, boost military presence in Eastern Europe ― RT News
NATO will strengthen relations with Ukraine and send more troops to Eastern Europe, the bloc’s outgoing chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said. The Ukrainian coup-imposed foreign minister is to fly to Brussels to take part in Ukraine-NATO talks.
Days after seconding US President Barack Obama’s statements on “ensuring a regular NATO presence” in “vulnerable” countries, NATO’s Secretary General Rasmussen spoke to the German media detailing the alliance’s plans in Eastern Europe.
Speaking to Welt am Sonntag, Rasmussen said that NATO’s expansion in the region has been “one of the greatest success stories of our time.” However, the alliance’s “task is not yet complete,” the NATO chief added.
NATO’s partnership with Ukraine has been getting “ever stronger,” Rasmussen noted, accusing Russia of violating the country’s right to “freely determine its own destiny,” as well as its territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Georgia have already sought NATO membership and are already working on reforms to achieve it, he said.
“We are now considering revised operational plans, military manoeuvres and adequate troop reinforcements. We will, for example, relocate more aircrafts to the Baltic States,” Rasmussen told Focus magazine.
