“It is also important to note here that despite this aggressiveness of this bloc, Russia has always stood for the development of relations.
Only now, when it has already become obvious that all our efforts are in vain, we just made what was real official, "RIA Novosti quotes him.
At the same time, he added that the North Atlantic Alliance perceives Russia as its adversary, in this regard, there is nothing to worry about refusing to have relations with the organization.
Under the guise of peace-loving statements, NATO still remains an aggressive military bloc.
“This is an aggressive bloc that considers us an enemy.
And therefore, nothing terrible will happen if we, against the background of aggravation of aggressiveness, against the background of such declarations that the main task is to restrain us, we simply abandon these relations, ”he added.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the activities of the military communications mission and the NATO information bureau in Moscow are being suspended.
He also said that Russia is suspending the work of the Russian permanent mission to NATO.
This decision was made after the expulsion of eight employees of the Russian mission under the alliance and the reduction of two more positions.
Later, the Kremlin announced the absence of relations between Russia and NATO.