Strong dispute between Lithuanian diplomacy: if NATO dialogue with Russia is necessary

Albinas Januška, a longtime diplomat who signed the Act of Independence, criticized the article because it “fits the Kremlin narrative.”

The discussion was sparked by the text “War games are not a game” published in the “Syndicate” project, which V.Ušackas wrote together with the co-authors: Dmitry Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center and Graham Stacey, who retired, senior officer in the Royal Air Force, senior consultant to the European Leadership Network.

They stated that “since 2014. The clashes in the world views of the conflict in Ukraine have become deeply ingrained between NATO policy makers and Russia. Now we see a new type of confrontation, full of military risks. “

“As the next ‘fall exercise season’ approaches, with events such as Russia’s Zapad-2021 and NATO’s Ramstein Alloy and Joint Warrior, there is an urgent need to mitigate the risk of exercise becoming in a source of conflict, “says the text.