On December 10, local time, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on its official website stating that if Ukraine joins NATO, it will pose a huge military threat to Russia. Russia warned Western countries not to try to pull Ukraine into NATO.
The statement pointed out that Ukraine’s accession to NATO is not just a matter for Ukraine and Western countries. Once an offensive missile system is deployed on Ukrainian territory, it will bring huge military risks to Russia and neighboring parties, and even cause major events in Europe. Conflict of scale.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized in the statement that it cannot enhance its own security by sacrificing the security of other countries. Russia requires all parties concerned to immediately reject NATO’s decision at the Bucharest meeting in 2008 that “Ukraine and Georgia will become NATO members” .
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the current relationship between Russia and Western countries has deteriorated to a critical point. The Russian side proposes that the two sides should conduct dialogue on the security situation and suspend the deployment of land-based medium-range missiles in Europe.
(Headquarters reporter Xu Hongbo)