Rasmussen: no one wants a "new Cold War" The NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, commenting on the divergence of positions of Russia and the West on the Ukrainian crisis, has said after a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel that no one was interested in a new division of Europe.The current situation, he said, "threatens the security and peace that has been achieved since the fall of the Berlin Wall." Rasmussen said that no one wants another cold war. Rasmussen stressed that NATO is committed to contributing to the security of all of its members, which is why the alliance "will take further steps if necessary."
The NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, commenting on the divergence of positions of Russia and the West on the Ukrainian crisis, has said after a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel that no one was interested in a new division of Europe.
The current situation, he said, "threatens the security and peace that has been achieved since the fall of the Berlin Wall." Rasmussen said that no one wants another cold war.
Rasmussen stressed that NATO is committed to contributing to the security of all of its members, which is why the alliance "will take further steps if necessary."
