NATO logo at the organization's headquarters in Brussels BRUSSELS, Jan 12 The wording that Ukraine and Georgia will become NATO members is unthinkable, since we are talking about sovereign, independent states, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko. and «Bucharest decision» (NATO summit in Bucharest in 2008 — ed.) that Ukraine and Georgia will become members of the alliance. creates risks … One cannot write down such formulations that Georgia and Ukraine will become NATO members — this is a formulation regarding sovereign, independent states. This is impossible, it is inconceivable, «Grushko told reporters following a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council. 
The Bundestag supported Russia in the issue of non-expansion of NATO He noted that such a «Bucharest decision» recorded on the knee is now being elevated to the rank of state policy. According to him, intoxicated by the prospect of joining NATO, former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili embarked on a military adventure. 
The expert said about the «strange» tonality of NATO in negotiations with Russia The NATO-Russia Council (RNC) was created in 2002 as a platform for the development of interaction and coordination. The body promoted cooperation between Moscow and the alliance countries in important areas, in particular the fight against international terrorism. After 2008, the work of the NRC stalled, and in 2014 relations became even more tense. The last time the RNC meetings were held in 2019. The final deterioration in interaction occurred in October 2021, when NATO revoked eight Russian diplomats from accreditation. In response, the Russian Federation decided to suspend the work of the permanent mission at NATO headquarters in Belgium and close the military liaison mission and the information bureau of the bloc in Moscow. Russia and the United States held consultations on Moscow's proposals on security guarantees on January 9-10 in Geneva. The NATO-Russia Council meeting in Brussels should also be followed by consultations in Vienna at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. At the end of 2021, Russia published a draft treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees against further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the Ukrainian bloc and from creating military bases in post-Soviet countries. 
