Spanish Foreign Ministry building. File photoMADRID, Jan 23 The issue of Ukraine's accession to NATO is not currently being considered, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez said in an interview with Mundo newspaper. «We should ask Sweden and Finland (about this — ed. .)», — said the minister, answering the question whether these countries will join NATO. In response to a clarifying question about Ukraine, Albarez said: «At the moment, such a scenario is not being considered.»The Rada declared the impossibility of returning Crimea and Ukraine's entry into NATORussia has repeatedly rejected the accusations of the West and Ukraine of «aggressive actions», stating that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as a pretext, to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that Western statements about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it are both ridiculous and dangerous. At the same time, Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» sides of Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not bother anyone.The United States urged to postpone the admission of Ukraine to NATO for decades At the end of 2021, Russia published draft treaties with the United States and agreements with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the bloc of Ukraine and from creating military bases in post-Soviet countries. Eastern Europe at the position of 1997. The first meeting between the Russian Federation and the United States, dedicated to the dialogue on Russian initiatives, was held on January 10 at the level of deputy heads of foreign affairs agencies. This was followed by a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels and consultations at the Vienna site of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. In continuation of the discussions, on January 21, talks were held in Geneva between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
NATO's military development of Ukrainian territory is unacceptable, the Foreign Ministry said
