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As of November 1st, Russia will suspend its permanent mission and other bodies for contacts with NATO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies that staff at NATO’s military mission in Moscow would be stripped of their accreditation from November 1, and that NATO could interact with Russia via its embassy in Brussels if needed.
“We basically don’t have proper conditions for basic diplomatic activities as a result of the purposeful NATO steps. In response to NATO’s activities, we suspend the work of our permanent mission to NATO, including the work of the chief military representative, starting from November 1, or maybe it will take a couple more days,” said Lavrov.
“Secondly, we suspend the work of NATO’s military liaison in Moscow. Its employees’ accreditations will be recalled on November 1. And thirdly, we cease the work of NATO’s information bureau which was founded under Belgium’s embassy.”
Also, the NATO military mission in Moscow will cease its functions indefinitely, and the information bureau will be closed.
Lavrov noted that now there is no communication between the parties through the military.
“If NATO members have any urgent matters, they can turn to our ambassador to Belgium on these issues, who ensures bilateral relations between Russia and the Kingdom of Belgium,” Lavrov said.
Earlier this month, NATO expelled eight members of Russia’s mission to the alliance who it said were “undeclared Russian intelligence officers”.
According to the minister, this decision was not explained to Russia. Lavrov stressed that Moscow “will no longer pretend that any changes in relations are possible in the near future.”
At that time, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko accused NATO of duplicity and of using the idea of an alleged threat from Moscow as a bogeyman.
“After the dramatic end of the Afghan era, how can they can get by without the bogeyman of the ‘Russian threat’. They can’t,” he told Russia’s Kommersant daily newspaper.
NATO suspended practical cooperation with Russia in 2014 after Crimea became part of the Russian Federation, but has kept channels open for high-level meetings and for military-to-military cooperation.
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Don’t know why they had any contact with the criminals in the first place.
By any reasonable calculation Russia is “Western”. Quantum leap time. Skip the NATO/Russian war, consolidate economically (more NS 2 etc.), and concentrate on preparing to defend the “West”.
The term “West” should then be relegated to history and the term “North” should be substituted for the North American, European, Russian block that circles the temperate and northern half of the northern hemisphere.
It was the correct move.
Russia and the Free 🌍 wont negotiate with terrorists.
Long L O N G… OVERDUE. BRAVO RUSSIA… SHOW THE NATO WHORES YOUR BIG BALLS!!