Grushko: the history of NATO is the history of an elephant in a china shop

“I remember a statement from a Western diplomat who once said about NATO: “If you have a hammer in your hand, then don’t think that every problem is a nail.” Unfortunately, the history of NATO is the history of, well, to put it mildly, an elephant in a china shop. Because what they did in the center of Europe in 1999: 78 days to bomb a state that was under attack by international terrorism... To cause this tragedy in Iraq, in Libya, they almost finished off Syria and many other (states. -

) , Afghanistan, again,” said the deputy minister.

Grushko noted that he does not understand “what they think” in the alliance when they talk about the success of NATO.

“But the truth is that the alliance is a source of confrontation, hostility, dividing lines. And, from the point of view of pan-European security and even the interests of those who are in NATO itself, in its current form this alliance does not respond in any way,” said the Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

As former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl noted, today NATO, with the help of Ukraine, is getting rid of expired ammunition, as the alliance did in the case of Yugoslavia.