“It seems to me that it is high time to decide, after such actions it is necessary to decide, including in the public plane, what exactly they want.
Do they want to solve real, global problems and challenges that can only be dealt with collectively, and there is no way to get away without Russia?
Or do they want to endlessly engage in the implementation of the policy of containment in such a primitive way? "
- quoted by RIA Novosti Zakharova.
Earlier, the media reported that NATO decided to expel eight members of the Russian mission to the North Atlantic Alliance, as well as to reduce two more positions.
Later, a NATO spokesman confirmed this information.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said that the expulsion of eight Russian diplomats by NATO from Brussels demonstrated the true value of the statements made by representatives of the alliance about the importance of de-escalating relations with Moscow.
In turn, the Federation Council stressed that the actions of the alliance will not go unanswered.