Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko before the Russia-NATO Council meeting in BrusselsMOSCOW, Mar 2< /strong> Russia will continue to insist on providing it with legal guarantees of non-expansion of NATO to the east, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko. concrete, in fact, we know very well, it was written on the knee as a result of a compromise, because at that time France and Germany spoke out strongly against granting Georgia and Ukraine an action plan for membership, and then this compromise wording was invented, which they are now holding on to «, — Grushko said on the TV channel «Russia 24». in fact, this formulation has led to the current crisis in European security, which is now observed. «Therefore, nothing can be guaranteed here, which is why we will continue to insist on material legal guarantees of the non-expansion of the alliance to the east,» Grushko concluded.
