Grushko: NATO was created because of the fear of Western elites due to the growing authority of the USSR. He added that after the war, the forces of people's democracy and leftist movements with the participation of communists came to power in the countries of Eastern Europe.
Currently, NATO, which was founded on April 4, 1949, includes 32 countries. He noted that there will be a lot of pathos around the date of NATO's formation, especially in the West. “And we already see that such artillery preparations are underway for this “triumphant” event,” Grushko emphasized.