NATO allies stand united in calling Russia for de-escalation, said NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg in an interview with MSNBC TV Company.

According to NATO Secretary-General, NATO allies provide support to Ukraine when it comes to modernizing defense and security institutions, helping them to implement reforms, fighting corruption.

“By doing so we are party strengthening the resilience of the Ukrainian society which is important regardless of NATO membership but in addition any reform of the Ukrainian society roles to NATO membership,” he said.

“Thirty allies stand united party in calling Russia to deescalate the military buildup that continues in around Ukraine by Russia and party also to continue to provide support to Ukraine to help them to appall their right to self-defense and of course, also to convey a message to Russia that we are ready to become in a political dialogue to reduce tensions and to find a political way to move forward.” NATO Secretary-General noted.

The Kremlin accused US Biden of escalating tensions by sending troops to Europe. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin, being in Beijing, met Chinese President. In a joint statement, Russia and China told NATO to stop expansion.

Jens Stoltenberg remarked that NATO respects the right of any sovereign country to choose which alliance they want to join.

“This is fundamentally not about NATO expansion. This is about respecting the right of every sovereign nation to choose their own path including whether they want to belong to NATO or not to belong to NATO.

NATO respects those independent sovereign decisions, and NATO has never forced any country into our alliance. But many countries, actually, through democratic process decided that they want to be part of NATO and NATO’s enlargement over the last decades has been a great success story,” the NATO Chief stated.