Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov . File photoMOSCOW, Apr 29NATO was a defensive alliance when the Berlin Wall was up, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. «wall» between NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries,» he said in an interview with Al Arabiya TV channel. According to him, when the Warsaw Pact and the USSR ceased to exist, NATO decided that the defense line should be expanded to the East. The minister also noted that the next line of «defense» will be the South China Sea region.
Russia does not consider itself at war with NATO, Lavrov said
