NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the Alliance was not extending to the east itself, countries were willing to join it and the EU on their own accords. He reminded that the right for membership is sovereign for every country, RIA Novosti reports.Stoltenberg added that no one had ever been forced into the EU or the NATO, it was every country’s free democratic decision.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the Alliance was not extending to the east itself, countries were willing to join it and the EU of their own accord. He reminded that the right to membership is sovereign for every country, RIA Novosti reports.
Stoltenberg added that no one had ever been forced into the EU or NATO, it was every country’s free democratic decision.