WASHINGTON
US reacts to reports of Russia deploying missiles in its Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, which borders NATO members Poland and Lithuania, with an plea not to "destabilize the region", said State Department Deputy Spokeswoman Marie Harf said on Tuesday.
The deployment of the Iskander missiles, which have a range of hundreds of kilometers has caused alarm in Poland and the Baltic states, which are wary of Russian military movements after decades of dominance by the Soviet Union. Their alarm was aggravated by tension between Russia and the West over Ukraine.
Harf added that the "US has also passed on to Moscow its neighbours' concerns."
Defence Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov had said on Monday about the Russia's deployment that "does not violate any international treaties or agreements".
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