Flags of NATO and member states in front of the organization's headquarters in BrusselsMOSCOW, 8 Feb. The promise given at the NATO summit in 2008 to accept Ukraine and Georgia into its ranks was the «worst compromise» of the alliance in relations with Russia, former UN Deputy Secretary General, French diplomat Jean-Marie Guéhenno said in an interview with Le Figaro. According to a specialist on foreign relations, Russia has no plans to recreate the Soviet Union, as is sometimes attributed to it, but at the same time, Moscow wants to have close relations with Kiev. />The trainee came to the boss: the French ridiculed Macron after meeting with PutinGuéhenno said that the expansion of NATO to the east after the collapse of the USSR and the socialist bloc was a mistake, and the promise made at the Bucharest summit in 2008 to accept Ukraine and Georgia into the North Atlantic Alliance became a cause for concern in Moscow «After the end of the Cold War, the European order should have been deeply rethought, and it would be hypocrisy to say that NATO expansion is compatible with the development of real friendly relations with Russia,» the diplomat said. At the same time, he is sure that Ukraine should not be deprived of the right to choose its allies on its own but at the same time, he advocated that Kiev refuse to join the bloc in the future in exchange for restrictions on the deployment of weapons along its borders.In Kiev, named the number of NATO countries opposing Ukraine's membershipIn recent months, Washington and Brussels have accused Moscow of preparing an «invasion» of Ukraine and are increasing their presence in Eastern Europe. In Russia, they reject all claims, emphasizing that they are moving troops within their territories, and also remind that they do not participate in the intra-Ukrainian conflict and do not violate any agreements, unlike Kiev, which does not comply with the Minsk agreements. The document provides for a ceasefire and withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact. Now the Ukrainian authorities have concentrated more than half of the army personnel on the border with the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR and are regularly firing at the militias, including with the use of prohibited equipment. >December 9, 2019 They also explained that the main reason for the escalation is the actions of the United States and NATO, which are «pumping» Ukraine with weapons, thereby pushing it towards military adventures. Against this background, at the end of last year, Moscow handed over draft documents on security guarantees to Brussels and Washington. Russia insists on ending the bloc's military cooperation with the post-Soviet countries, refusing to create bases on their territory, limiting the deployment of strike weapons near the Russian border, removing American nuclear weapons from Europe and not expanding NATO to the east. On January 26, Russia received a written response. The Foreign Ministry said that Western partners ignored the most important issue — the non-expansion of the alliance.
