Lavrov: The West should stop cheating on Ukraine’s actions.
After meeting with the US Secretary of State at a press conference, the Russian Foreign Minister said that the West should stop deceiving about Ukraine’s actions.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Russia had asked NATO to withdraw foreign troops, weapons and equipment from Bulgaria and Romania because the two countries were not members of NATO in 1997.
Speaking at a news conference after meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, he said: “1997 were not members of NATO, which includes Bulgaria and Romania.”
On December 17, 2021, the Russian Foreign Ministry released a draft agreement on security guarantees between Russia and the United States, which will be a draft agreement on ensuring the security of Russia and NATO member states.
In May 1997, Moscow and the Western bloc signed a law on bilateral relations, cooperation and security between NATO and the Russian Federation, emphasizing that the two sides do not consider each other as enemies and a framework for consultation, cooperation and action. And defined joint decision-making.
Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999, followed by Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Estonia in 2004.
Albania and Croatia joined the military alliance in 2009, and Montenegro joined NATO in 2017. Northern Macedonia will be the last country to join the military coalition in 2020.
NATO, which currently consists of 30 countries, continues to pursue an open door policy.
“Russia, in contact with France, Germany and the United States, has asked them to stop cheating on Ukraine’s actions,” Lavrov told a news conference.
