MOSCOW, November 5. /TASS/. NATO’s intentions to move the military infrastructure to the Russian borders lead to escalating tensions, Russian Ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko said in an interview with Kommersant daily on Wednesday.
The implementation of the NATO Wales summit decisions proves that the Alliance “intends to continue increasing operation readiness and move its military infrastructure to the Russian borders. This is a direct way towards escalating tension and undermining military security in the regional dimension and in Europe as a whole,” Grushko said.
“In addition, NATO on its own increases military incident risks and weakens security of the states that trumpeted Russia’s military threat and required additional protection by deploying the Allies’ troops in their territory,” he said.
NATO needs Russia to withstand present-day global challenges
Grushko said NATO can hardly withstand present-day global challenges without Russia’s assistance, but the ball is on the side of the Western military alliance. According to Grushko, Russia never refused cooperation with the western military bloc.
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