According to him, the North Atlantic Alliance at a recent meeting "completed an evolutionary somersault in its development."

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) returned to its roots, security schemes, military security of the Cold War,” RIA Novosti quotes Grushko’s statement during a speech at the Valdai international discussion club.

Earlier, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Beijing was calling on NATO to stop trying to unleash a new round of the Cold War.