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Poroshenko asks for 'defensive weapons' against rebels
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Berlin (AFP) Sept 14, 2015


Poland agrees military cooperation with non-NATO Sweden
Warsaw (AFP) Sept 14, 2015 - NATO member Poland on Monday signed a deal on military cooperation with non-member Sweden amid concerns raised by increased Russian military activity in the Baltic.

"Once a sea of peace, the Baltic has become a sea of danger," Polish Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak told reporters at a joint press conference in Warsaw with Swedish counterpart Peter Hultqvist.

Hultqvist said the increased presence of Russian warships and warplanes in the Baltic Sea had prompted Stockholm to take "two strategic decisions".

One was to boost defence spending by 11 percent over five year, and the other was to reinforce cooperation with NATO as a whole, as well as with its individual members.

Sweden's foreign ministry on Friday summoned Russia's ambassador after Moscow threatened "retaliatory measures" if the Scandinavian country joined NATO.

The increased tensions come on the heels of Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and backing of separatist forces in the country's east.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stressed Monday his wish for "defence weapons" from Western allies to help in the conflict against pro-Russian separatists.

Ukraine needed support "not just with words", he said in an interview with Germany's conservative Die Welt daily, mentioning the need for defensive weapons.

"We are not just defending our country, we are defending freedom and democracy," Poroshenko said.

"We are fighting with 20th century weapons against weapons from the 21st century. And Russia's military budget is 30 to 45 times as big as ours."

Kiev and the West accuse Russia of sending regular troops and weapons to aid separatists in the east, where nearly 8,000 people have died in the conflict since April 2014. Moscow has always denied involvement.

Kiev's goal was to build up a working military deterrence, said Poroshenko.

Germany and other countries have rejected weapons shipments, fearing it would escalate the fighting.

In the conflict zone, a total ceasefire was announced starting September 1, and so far appears to be holding.

The foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France met in Berlin last Saturday to prepare for a summit in Paris on October 2.

Germany's top diplomat, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said the meeting had been "less confrontational" than previous ones and that the warring sides were now "very close" to an agreement on withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline.


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