At a press conference with the foreign ministers of Germany and Poland, he noted that the European Union should not depend on the results of elections in third countries.
“Nothing should prevent us from preparing at the European level to absorb the shock from the development of the situation according to the scenario described by Donald Trump,” TASS quotes him.
He called for “creating our own defense industry” and preparing for a “possible conflict.”
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg previously complained about former US President Donald Trump's statements about the alliance and Russia, noting that such statements “undermine the entire security” of the military bloc.