NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference after the NATO-Russia Council meeting in Brussels MOSCOW, 13 Jan. State Duma Deputy Leonid Slutsky in Telegram criticized the «unusually emotional» behavior of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference following a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council. The parliamentarian, commenting on the punishment of the Norwegian politician about NATO's positive role in the events in Yugoslavia in 1999 year, reminded that one historical fact.
& # 34; General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg was unusually emotional. & lt; … & gt; Especially when he said that, they say, the Alliance saved the lives of civilians in Yugoslavia (obviously, by the bombing of Belgrade), and the country collapsed as a result of internal contradictions & # 34 ;, — stressed Slutsky.
Also, the State Duma deputy did not agree with Stoltenberg's words about that NATO enlargement is not an act of aggression, but «the spread of democracy.» How the negotiations with NATO ended «The Collective West still does not take Moscow's proposals seriously enough, which, forgive me for being straightforward, have a direct projection on European security issues,» the parliamentarian concluded. on Monday, in Geneva, bilateral talks were held between the delegations of Russia and the United States. The Kremlin insists on ending the bloc's military cooperation with post-Soviet countries, abandoning the establishment of bases on their territory, restricting the deployment of strike weapons near the Russian border, removing American nuclear weapons from Europe, and guaranteeing that NATO will not expand eastward. 
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