Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Monday Russia's plan to arm its Baltic fleet with nuclear warheads was not a surprise for Sweden, according to Swedish News Agency TT.
Bildt's comments came after a senior Russian military source told The Sunday Times that Russia was planning to equip its Kaliningrad-based naval fleet with nuclear warheads for the first time since the Cold War.
Bildt said Sweden has accessed information that there are already tactical nuclear weapons in the Kaliningrad area. They are located both at and in the vicinity of units belonging to the Russia fleet.
"This is no surprise even if there are not press releases being sent out about it on a daily basis," Bildt said, adding that Sweden is worrying about it in a more general sense that nuclear weapons still play a major role in the overall Russian doctrine.
Kaliningrad is located between Poland and Lithuania, both of which are members of the European Union and NATO.
Source:Xinhua
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