BARVIKHA (Moscow Region), April 17 (RIA Novosti) - NATO's decision to hold exercises in Georgia next month threatens to complicate ties with Russia, the Russian president said on Friday.
The Cooperative Longbow 09/Cooperative Lancer 09 command-and-staff exercise, led by the Western military bloc, will be held from May 6 through June 1, and will not feature light or heavy weaponry.
"Such decisions are disappointing and do nothing to help restore full-level contacts between the Russian Federation and NATO," Dmitry Medvedev said.
He warned that Moscow "will be closely watching" the drills and "if necessary, make appropriate decisions."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov slammed on Thursday NATO's exercise plans, saying they could give the Georgian regime a sense of impunity, and raise tensions in the Caucasus region.
NATO said Russia is welcome to join its military exercises in Georgia, but from every indication, the invitation has been ignored by Moscow.
The drills are aimed at improving interoperability between NATO and partner countries, within the framework of Partnership for Peace, Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative programs.
A total of 19 countries will be participating in the exercises: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Greece, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Serbia, Spain, Macedonia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, and the U.S.
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NATO-va odluka da odrzi obuke u Gruziji sledeceg meseca preti da komplikuje veze sa Rusijom, rekao je Ruski predsednik u petak.
Kooperativan Longbow 09/Kooperativan Lancer 09 vezbe za komandu i osoblje, na celu sa Zapadnim vojnim blokom, odrzat ce se od sestog maja do prvog juna, i nece istaci lako i tesko naoruzanje.
"Takve odluke su razocarajuce i ne rade nista kako bi uspostavili pun nivo kontakta izmedju Ruske Federacije i NATO", rekao je Dmitry Medvedev.
Upozorio je da ce Moskva "blisko nadgledati" vezbe i da ce "ako bude potrebno, napraviti odgovarajuce odluke".
Ruski ministar inostranih poslova Sergej Lavrov je u cetvrtak tresnuo plan vezbe NATO-a, rekavi da bi oni mogli dati gruzijiskom rezima osecaj nekaznjevosti, te podizanja tenzija u regionu Kavkaza.
NATO je rekao da je Rusija dobrodosla da ucestvuje u vojnim vezbama, ali se taj poziv ignorisao iz svakog ugleda u Moskvi.
Cilj vezbi je da poboljsanje interoperabilnosti izmedju NATO-a i partnerskih zemalja u okviru Partnertva za mir, dijalog Mediterana i Istanbulskih programa Saradnje Inicijative.
Ukupno ce 19 zemalja ucestvovati u vezbama: Albanija, Jermenija, Azerbejdzan, Bosna i Hercegovina, Kanada, Hrvatska, Ceska Republika, Gruzija, Madjarska, Grcka, Kazakstan, Moldavija, Srbija, Spanija, Makedonija, Turska, Ujedinjeni Arapski Emirati, Velika Britanija i SAD.
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