The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in Moscow. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 27.Against the background of the ongoing expansion of NATO, Russia will ensure its security by military-technical means, taking into account the need to prevent a new arms race, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko. «Since our our partners turned a deaf ear to our calls, because they turned a deaf ear to our warnings that NATO enlargement would not only destroy European security, would not only weaken regional security, but, ultimately, would weaken the security of NATO itself — we will to ensure our security by military-technical means,» Grushko said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel. «We have a fairly wide arsenal to 100% guarantee our defense capability and security. In each specific case, we will act based on our interests and proportion our actions primarily with our existing capabilities and bearing in mind that in any case It is in everyone's interests to prevent an arms race and avoid risks of escalation,» Grushko added.
