“We have enough forces and means to react to potential threats that are bound to emerge in this situation,” Stanislav Zas of Belarus told Belarus 1 channel in a comment on NATO’s Nordic expansion.
He added that a CSTO buildup was “not on the agenda at the moment.”
The military alliance of post-Soviet states — Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Tajikistan — sees the addition of Finland and Sweden to NATO as a source of tension, Zas warned.
“Of course, we see this expansion as a prerequisite for tension and further militarization in the region. It will not bolster security, including in NATO countries,” he said.