The foreign ministers of NATO countries will discuss strengthening the work of intelligence services.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that the foreign ministers of the alliance countries at a meeting in Brussels on December 3-4 will discuss countering supposedly “hybrid threats allegedly from Russia and China,” which, according to the Secretary General, includes, among other things, intensifying the work of intelligence services on data exchange.

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The Russian Federation has repeatedly stated that it does not threaten anyone, and drew attention to the unprecedented activity of NATO on its western borders. China has repeatedly called on the West to stop inflating the imaginary “Chinese threat.”

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“Tomorrow, ministers will discuss Russia’s hostile actions in NATO countries. In recent years, Russia, as well as China, have tried to destabilize our countries through acts of sabotage, cyber attacks and energy blackmail in order to intimidate us,”  the secretary general said.

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However, he assured that “NATO countries will continue to act together to counter these threats, taking a number of measures, including strengthening the exchange of intelligence information and strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure.”