The NATO build-up in Poland and the Baltic countries, as well as the increasing number of NATO exercises in Europe are provocative and short-sighted to say the least, Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a press briefing on 19 August, BelTA has learned. “We continue to proceed from the fact that Europe as a whole does not have any insolvable military and political issues that could need a military solution or a significant presence of military and political blocs,” Maria.