Brussels. January 12. INTERFAX - Moscow will switch to a policy of counter-support if NATO tries to restrain Russia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Wednesday following a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council.
"If NATO switches to a policy of deterrence, then it will be a policy of counter-deterrence on our part. If it is intimidation, then it will be counter-intimidation. If it is a search for some vulnerabilities in the defense system of the Russian Federation, then it will be a search for vulnerabilities on the part of NATO. This is not our choice, but there will be no other way if we fail to reverse the current very dangerous course of events," Grushko said at a press conference in Brussels.
According to him, the conversation at the meeting of the Russia-NATO council "turned out to be quite frank, direct, deep, rich, but at the same time it revealed a large number of discrepancies on fundamental issues."
"And one of the main issues is that NATO understands the principle of indivisibility of security selectively. In the eyes of NATO, it exists only for members of the alliance. And with its practical activities, NATO is not going to take into account the security interests of others," Grushko said.
According to him, Russia firmly believes that "the principle of indivisibility of security should take into account the interests of all, that attempts to build security against Russia without Russia's participation are counterproductive, they are doomed to failure."
