Russia presents NATO not as a “peace-loving organization”, but as a military machine of the West, the main aspiration of which is expansion, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said in an interview with the American CBS television channel. Quote leads RIA News.
“You see, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is not a peace-loving NPO. This is a military-political machine or bloc. We would like to stop such expansion. We want the United States to withdraw its troops, its weapons from the countries [Восточной Европы]because this is our life, these are guarantees of our security for our people,” the ambassador said.
Also in an interview, Antonov said that Russia is not trying to take territory from other countries, and noted that Donbass is part of Ukraine. He stressed that the issue of the situation in Ukraine is not a key issue now. According to him, it is important that the subjects of international law develop firm security guarantees for all states.
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