“We don’t let Moscow intimidate!”

SPÖ defense spokesman Robert Laimer describes the recent threats of Dmitri Medvedev as completely unacceptable and clarifies: “We don’t let Moscow intimidate!” Austria’s neutrality is not shaken and NATO accession is not up for discussion, but that nobody is “except for ourselves”. “Austria was, is and remains neutral, but certainly not naive,” says Laimer, who emphasizes: “The numerous international institutions such as UN, OSCE or nuclear energy agency find the highest recognition in the people. Austria remains a place of encounter and never of repression!” **** (conclusion) LK/LS