The foreign Ministry cited three conditions for improving relations with Europe

The improvement of relations between Russia And the European countries will become possible, if NATO And the European Union will change its policy towards Moscow. About it the Deputy head of the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs Alexander Grushko told RBC on the sidelines of the Munich security conference.

according to him, Europe must take real steps to cooperation with Russia And to change its own approach to dialogue.

According to Grushko, the 1st and foremost, the European Union should be more concrete in building interaction with the Russian side. The diplomat criticized the five principles of the EU towards the Russian capital, which the organization adopted in 2016. The Ministers of foreign Affairs of the countries - EU members indicated that the nature of the dialogue with Russia can change after the implementation of the Minsk agreements, improving relations with the countries of "Eastern partnership" And Central Asia, promoting the sustainability of European Union to restore cooperation with Moscow on foreign policy issues, as well as the development of the " people to people contacts And exchange."

Second, NATO is obliged to abandon attempts to involve Moscow in the security system during the cold war, and to stop focusing on a policy of containment drew the attention of Grushko. He noted that the Alliance did not want from projects that helped to improve security " not only of the countries-members of the Council Russia-NATO, but also Residents, societies in these countries."

for reviews of the Deputy head of the foreign Ministry, the military buildup of the North Atlantic Commonwealth in Eastern Europe - a meaningless expenditure. He explained that the real threats in this region does not exist, and safety hazards " are on the southern periphery ".

"And here instead of to join forces in the battle against these joint risk continues this mini-cold war ", - said the Diplomat.

Thirdly, Grushko also tried to convince European countries to show independence in the development of dialogue with Moscow And to "reconsider its approach" and not look to the United States.

He added that the discussions at the Symposium in Munich to make it clear that the development of the global security system without Russia's participation is futile.

"More and more people realize that security without Russia can not be, but security against Russia will not work, and for this reason, must somehow find ways of cooperation." said Grushko.



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