Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Alexander Grushko and Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin before the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels BRUSSELS, 12 Jan. If NATO countries want to cooperate with the Russian Federation, then the alliance must assume the peacekeeping role of Russia, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko following a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council. According to him, practically the entire history of NATO, despite to statements about its «defensive» nature, it is a history of wars, interventions that left traces in the form of destroyed states and millions of refugees. He added that Russia stopped wars — Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria. «If NATO countries really want to cooperate with us, they must accept this important role of the Russian Federation as a country that guarantees peace in the vast Euro-Atlantic space and which makes a critical contribution. in maintaining peace and stability, «Grushko said during a press conference. 
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