By Jonny Tickle,
If NATO sincerely wishes to improve its relationship with Russia, the US-led bloc must make the first move, because all of Moscow’s attempts at communication have been ignored, and the fault lies entirely with those in Brussels.
That’s according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who told the press at the annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi on Tuesday that Moscow is not to blame for the ever-worsening relationship between Russia and the military bloc.
“We didn’t start the deterioration of relations, either with NATO, or with the European Union, or with any country in the West or any other region of the world,” Lavrov told journalists. It was NATO that had buried the idea of consultations with Russia, he said.
“As for NATO, I have already said how it all began,” he continued. “NATO members ‘buried’ the main reason for the creation of the Russia-NATO Council, which was to consult each other urgently in crisis situations.”
“There have not even been any information exchanges with the North Atlantic Alliance’s headquarters for a long time,” Lavrov continued, accusing the bloc of “ignoring” Russia “for years,” and criticizing the US-led alliance for its “wall of silence.”
If NATO sincerely wishes to improve its relationship with Russia, the US-led bloc must make the first move, because all of Moscow’s attempts at communication have been ignored, and the fault lies entirely with those in Brussels.
That’s according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who told the press at the annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi on Tuesday that Moscow is not to blame for the ever-worsening relationship between Russia and the military bloc.
“We didn’t start the deterioration of relations, either with NATO, or with the European Union, or with any country in the West or any other region of the world,” Lavrov told journalists. It was NATO that had buried the idea of consultations with Russia, he said.
“As for NATO, I have already said how it all began,” he continued. “NATO members ‘buried’ the main reason for the creation of the Russia-NATO Council, which was to consult each other urgently in crisis situations.”
“There have not even been any information exchanges with the North Atlantic Alliance’s headquarters for a long time,” Lavrov continued, accusing the bloc of “ignoring” Russia “for years,” and criticizing the US-led alliance for its “wall of silence.”
source : RT.com
