Sergei Lavrov is holding an online press conference on European security issues.
RT is broadcasting live.
“We remember how NATO was created: when the first secretary general of the alliance, Mr. Ismay, came up with the formula “Keep the Russians out of Europe, the Americans in Europe, and the Germans under control.”
What is happening now absolutely means that NATO is returning to those conceptual priorities that were developed 70 years ago,” Lavrov said.
According to him, now NATO still seeks to keep the Russians out of Europe.
Earlier, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called on a number of states, such as the SAR, Russia and Belarus, to join forces to isolate the West.
He also noted that the West needs wars to maintain its hegemony.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna noted that isolation is the “worst policy”, it is necessary to maintain a channel for dialogue.