GERMAN Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has accused Nato of “warmongering” with its military exercises on Russia’s borders.

In an interview published in the Bild newspaper’s Sunday edition, Mr Steinmeier said: “The one thing we shouldn’t do now is inflame the situation with loud sabre-rattling and warmongering.

“Anyone who thinks a symbolic tank parade on the alliance’s eastern border will bring security is wrong.“We would be well advised not to provide a pretext to renew an old confrontation.”