“If NATO, as a party that respects the security interests of a partner, was really interested in preserving and strengthening the security of Ukraine, then first of all it should have urged Ukraine to stop speculating on the possibility of joining NATO.
These speculations are clearly aimed at stimulating the war party in Kiev, which thinks that the conflict can be resolved in a non-political way, ”the deputy minister said.
According to him, Ukraine is trying to position rapprochement with NATO as the only defense against an external enemy.
This is an attempt to show the West that it is Russia that is a party to the conflict, which contradicts both the reality “on the ground” and the history of the conflict itself, Grushko added.
"Secondly - (NATO should. -
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) stop providing military support, in particular the supply of lethal and non-lethal weapons there, which are taking place," added the deputy foreign minister.
As the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg said earlier, Ukraine needs to do more in terms of reforms to join NATO.