Still from youtube channel (U.S. Department
of State)
Njulaina - Jurucakap Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat Jen Psaki
dan Laksamana Pentagon Setiausaha Akhbar. John Kirby telah dicabar atas
tuntutan Jabatan Per-tahanan bahawa Amerika Syarikat harus "deal"
dengan angkatan tentera Rusia "mampu dan moden" yang paling dekat
dengan NATO.
Menteri Pertahanan Rusia Sergey Shoigu menyatakan expressed
"membimbang-kan" & "kejutan" pada Rabu membuat ucapan
oleh Setiausaha Pertahanan Amerika Syarikat Chuck Hagel selama Persatuan
persidangan tahunan Amerika Syarikat Tentera. Hagel menyatakan bahawa pasukan
bersenjata "harus berurusan dengan revisionis Rusia - dengan tentera moden
dan handal yang dimiliki - Yang paling dekat dengan NATO"
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Semasa taklimat Jabatan Negara pd hari Jumaat,
bagaimanapun, seorang war-tawan AP mencadangkan bahawa ia akan menjadi lebih
logik untuk mengatakan bahawa "NATO telah bergerak lebih dekat dengan
sempadan Rusia."
"Adakah ia tidak logik untuk melihat ini &
berkata - sebab mengapa tentera Rusia adalah yang paling dekat dengan NATO,
adalah kerana NATO mengembang," kata wartawan Matt Lee.
"Itulah cara [Rusia] Presiden Putin mungkin
melihat hal itu, itu pasti bukan cara kita melihatnya," kata Kirby dalam
menanggapi hujah wartawan.
Walaupun dia akhirnya mengakui bahawa NATO tlh
berkembang, Kirby menambah bahawa "NATO tidak merupakan pakatan
anti-Rusia, ia merupakan satu ikatan keamanan."
RUSSIAN at the
gates? US State Dept, Pentagon Spokespersons GRILLED Over NATO EXPANSION . . .
US State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki and
Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby have been challenged over the
Department of Defense's claims that the US must “deal” with “modern and
capable” Russian armed forces on NATO's doorstep.
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu expressed
“grave concern” and “surprise” at a Wednesday speech made by US Secretary of
Defense Chuck Hagel during the Association of the United States Army’s annual
conference. Hagel declared that US armed forces "must deal with a
revisionist Russia - with its modern and capable army - on NATO's doorstep.”
During a State Department briefing on Friday,
however, an AP journalist suggested that it would be more logical to say that
“NATO has moved closer to Russia’s borders.”
“Is it not logical to look at this and say – the
reason why Russia’s army is on NATO’s doorstep, is because NATO expands,”
journalist Matt Lee said.
“That’s the way [Russian] President Putin probably
looks at it, it’s certainly not the way that we look at it,” Kirby said in
response to the journalist’s reasoning.
Though he eventually admitted that NATO has expanded, Kirby added that “NATO is not an anti-Russia alliance, it is a security alliance.”
"Ia bukan NATO yg memesan tan batalion taktikal & tentera ke Ukraine sempadan [itu]," kata Kirby, sebelum diingatkan bahawa Ukraine bukan sebahagian dari NATO.
Kirby kemudian menolak untuk bersetuju dengan fakta
bahawa Rusia dimengerti boleh melihat perluasan NATO sebagai
"ancaman", terutama mengingat bahwa perikatan wujud sebagai
"anti-Soviet" untuk setengah abad.
"Saya tidak akan berpura-pura tahu apa yang
berlaku dalam fikiran Presiden Putin atau komander tentera Rusia . . . Maksud
saya, saya hampir tidak punya gelar sejarah di University of South
Florida," Kirby bergurau, mengelakkan soalan.
Kirby memberi jaminan bahawa langkah NATO tidak
"bermusuhan & mengan-cam," tetapi lebih kepada soal keselamatan.
Beliau menambah bahawa beliau "bim-bang tentang mereka [Rusia] bergerak di
seluruh Ukraine." Psaki kemudian dipo-tong, berkata bahawa
"negara2 lain merasa terancam," dan mendesak perbualan untuk
meneruskan perjalanan.
Dari segi ancaman baru di sempadan NATO, Menteri
Pertahanan Rusia Sergey Shoigu berkata pd hari Jumaat bahawa Amerika Syarikat
yang telah "keras kepala menghampiri . . . lebih dekat dengan pintu."
Hubungan antara Rusia dan NATO telah tegang sejak
perikatan menuduh Rusia terlibat dalam konflik Ukraine - tuntutan Rusia telah
secara berterusan menafikan.
Berikutan kesertaan Crimea ke Rusia pd bulan Mac,
Amerika Syarikat dan Eropah menghujani Moscow dengan sekatan. NATO juga ketara
meningkatkan kehadiran tenteranya dekat sempadan Rusia, terutamanya di Poland
& negara2 bekas Soviet Baltik dari Latvia, Lithuania dan Estonia, yg
telah menyatakan keprihatinan atas potensi serangan Rusia ke wilayah mereka.
“It wasn’t NATO that was ordering tons of tactical
battalions and army to [the] Ukraine border,” Kirby added, before being
reminded that Ukraine is not part of NATO.
Kirby then refused to agree with the point that the
Russians could understandably perceive NATO’s expansion as a “threat,”
especially given that the alliance existed as “anti-Soviet” for half a century.
“I’m not going to pretend to know what goes in
President Putin’s mind or Russian military commanders . . . I mean, I barely
got a history degree at the University of South Florida,” Kirby joked, dodging
the question.
Kirby assured that NATO's moves were not “hostile
and threatening,” but rather a matter of security. He added that he was
“worried about their [Russia’s] moves around Ukraine.” Psaki then cut in,
saying that “other countries feel threatened,” and urged the conversation to
move on.
In terms of new threats at NATO’s borders, Russian
Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Friday that it is the US which has been
“stubbornly approaching . . . closer to our doors.”
Relations between Russia and NATO have been tense
since the alliance accused Russia of becoming involved in the Ukrainian
conflict – a claim Russia has conti-nuously denied.
Following Crimea's accession to Russia in March, the
US and Europe bombarded Moscow with sanctions. NATO also significantly
increased its military presence near Russia's borders, especially in Poland and
the former Soviet Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, which have
expressed concern at the potential for Russian incursions into their
territories.
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