US Ambassador at NATO about the "West-2017": I don't know how many were military, but lower than the 13 thousand

The U.S. Permanent representative to NATO kay bailey hutchison in an interview with the Washington post answered questions about the latest Russian-Belarusian exercises "West-2017". In light of the fact that the us form Poland division, on the background of large-scale NATO exercises in the de jure neutral Sweden hutchison said that the exercises "West-2017" was "Not fully transparent". The official U.S. Representative to the North atlantic military bloc and asked whether she thought that Russia is conducting exercises in the Western regions and in the republic of Belarus, "Deals with the militarization of the region. " hutchison said that the us is closely watching the maneuvers of the Russian troops and do not believe that Russia has decided to increase its military presence on its Western borders.

While hutchison added:we have the opinion that the Russian maneuvers were opaque. It was stated about the participation of 13 thousand troops, but there was much more. Journalists asked an american official to give you exact numbers, but that the question could not answer, saying only that "It was a grand event. "Recall that the doctrine "The West-2017" held on the territory of Belarus, as well as in the leningrad, kaliningrad and pskov regions, were invited dozens of foreign observers, including representatives of the NATO countries. And what else had to be done in Russia "To improve transparency" maneuvers, neither the United States nor brussels is not misleading.