By Prensa Latina,
Moscow : Russian Foreign Ministry ruled out any military action in response to an increased presence of NATO ships in the Black Sea, near Georgian territory.
Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Andrei Nesterenko said though that in case of a breach of international law, Russia might tackle the issue with the UN Security Council.
His remarks coincide with the arrival to Georgian territorial waters of USS Mount Whitney, the 6th Fleet flagship and the seventh NATO ship in the Black Sea, none of them belonging to any country in the region, according to the Russian high command.
Our position is clear regarding the regulation of the presence of foreign ships under the Montre Convention, adopted in 1936, on maximum tonnage allowed for war ships.
If established limits are violated, then the problem will have to be handled within international law and submitted to the Security Council and other entities, stressed Nesterenko.
Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff, Anatoly Notgovitsin, warned this week that concentration of the NATO fleet in the Black Sea continues worrying Moscow.