Russia will not join the North Atlantic Alliance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. In an interview with Vladimir Solovyov in the program “Full contact” head of the Russian foreign policy department. rivals comparable in influence…

At the same time, Russia will not leave without the expansion of the North Atlantic alliance to the east to the borders of the Russian Federation. Lavrov cited a quote Vladimir Putin, who assessed the situation as “they have already swung at the threshold of our house,” and Russia cannot remain indifferent to this.

Soloviev recalled that at the beginning of his presidential term Vladimir Putin said that the Russian Federation is not against joining NATO, but on different conditions – on an equal footing, on a partnership basis.

Earlier it was reported that the meeting of the Russia-NATO Council may pass an invitation to legally binding documents on the security guarantees of the Russian Federation, may take place on January 12, 2022. On this day, a scheduled session of the Alliance Military Committee at the level of Chiefs of General Staff will be held in Brussels.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of Russia to hold a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council on January 12, 2022.