German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) considers the recent events in the Baltic Sea to be a strategy by Russia and intends to intensify surveillance. “There have been a series of serious incidents in the Baltic Sea that should concern all of us” Scholz said on Tuesday at the NATO meeting of Nordic countries in Helsinki.
These incidents, he said, have put the infrastructure at risk, “for connectivity, for the supply of electricity, for the supply of all sorts of materials we need for our own economic development.” “There have been incidents, and we must assume that they are part of a hybrid strategy to threaten European countries.”
Germany will also contribute its own capabilities to intensify surveillance. “We will take the necessary precautions to make that possible” Scholz said. “It is important that we come together now to discuss how we can work together to ensure more security in the Baltic Sea region.