Russia makes demands that it knows NATO cannot fulfill, Stoltenberg says

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a meeting with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany, February 18, 2022. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

MUNICH (Reuters) - Moscow is confronting NATO with demands it knows the alliance cannot meet, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday.

"The danger is now the combination of this massive military build-up with the very threatening rhetoric, putting forward demands they know we cannot meet and say: If we don't meet them, there will be military consequences," Stoltenberg told the Munich Security Conference.