Taken NATO collision course interested only in the United States and disadvantageous to European countries, said a member of the Department of the state Duma on defense Franz Klintsevich.

first Deputy defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said that the crisis in Ukraine has led to the fact that everything is relatively positive with the Alliance collapsed, NATO has taken the course of confrontation.

"When we talk About NATO confrontation, but today the paradigm of the development of events such that the contradictions are only between Russia and the United States. USA dictate this paradigm and form, as stated, today agenda, " said the Klintsevich Fins news .

According to the Deputy, the Europeans are " doomed to some kind of normal interaction "." They don't need because broken relationships and development of the cold war affect the economy, " explained the Deputy.


In accordance with the Treaty of 1949, the main task of NATO is to safeguard the freedom and security of its member States by political and military means. NATO guarantees the protection of common values allies - democracy, freedom, identity, rule of law and the peaceful settlement of disputes, and also promotes these values throughout the Euro-Atlantic region. NATO provides a forum for public consultation of the countries of North America and Europe on security issues of common concern, and for joint actions aimed at their solution.

The purpose of the organization is to ensure the collective security of its members in the Euro-Atlantic region, an attack on one member is treated as an attack on the Union in General. Under the NATO Charter, it is open to new members who are likely to develop the principles of the Treaty and to contribute to collective security. About the aims and objectives of NATO

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