“NATO, let's say, is alive or dead and what parts of the body of this alliance are in a coma - it's not for us to decide, we are not pathologists,” RIA Novosti quoted the Kremlin representative as saying.
He noted that the alliance was initially formed as an instrument of confrontation and even aggression.
“Speaking in Russian, imprisoned for the purpose of confrontation. Therefore, we have never been inclined to exaggerate the role of this alliance in ensuring global and European security and stability, because it is an instrument of confrontation, an instrument of confrontation and even aggression. This is how we relate to NATO, ”Peskov added.
Macron previously stated that NATO is in a state of "brain death." According to him, Europeans can no longer count on US military protection.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, commenting on Macron’s statement, noted that if the president “felt that this diagnosis was available, he had every right to express it.”