Top NATO official: U.S. troops in Poland is a 'proportionate and measured' move

VILNIUS, Lithuania — A top NATO official says the deployment of US troops in Poland at Russia's doorstep is a "proportionate and measured" move.

In an interview published Friday by the Baltic News Service, NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller acknowledged that Russians "are concerned about what NATO is doing."

American soldiers rolled into Poland Thursday in the first deployment of U.S. troops since the fall of communism in 1989 as a deterrent against Russia, which annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. The Baltic Sea region also feels threatened by Russia's recent nearby deployment of nuclear-capable missiles.

Gottemoeller says the alliance has "some interest in dialogue" with the Russians.

Gottemoeller was in Lithuania for a two-day informal security policy meeting.

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