MOSCOW, November 14. /TASS/. The North Atlantic Alliance undermines the immunity of Europe and the entire world, much like a bad tooth, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS on the sidelines of the PR Weekend event organized by the New Media Workshop.
"NATO is precisely the kind of organization that -- much like a bad tooth -- has suppressed the immunity of Europe -- its western and central parts -- and indeed the entire world, by siphoning off and consuming a colossal amount of response resources," she said. Zakharova was commenting on a statement by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who argued that there was no need to discuss a security architecture with Russia in the context of a Ukrainian settlement, as such an architecture already existed in the form of NATO.
According to the diplomat, there would be far greater security in Europe were it not for NATO. "If NATO did not exist -- or, more precisely, if it did not play the role that it has played and continues to play -- there would likely be much more security in Europe," she added.
Zakharova emphasized that NATO was not established to maintain stability, but exclusively for aggressive, expansionist goals and objectives. "It was created to orchestrate coups in various countries, to carry out 'color revolutions,' to pursue economic expansion, and to facilitate all manner of schemes for the benefit of those who profit from such policies within NATO," she added.
"Among other things, I would like to recall that certain organizations were established -- or attempts were made to establish them -- within the European space, and, incidentally, within the Eurasian space as well. One such example is the OSCE, which, in the first half of the 1970s, was intended to serve as a bridge -- a platform for dialogue -- that would also bring states together. The goal was not merely to exchange views, but to discuss critical security challenges and, in doing so, arrive at effective solutions," the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman concluded.