Statements by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken that no one has promised Russia not to expand NATO are unlikely to set a constructive tone ahead of the Geneva global security talks. This opinion was expressed on Saturday in his channel in the "Telegram" the head of the Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma Leonid Slutsky, quoted by TASS.
"In general, the series of statements by the US Secretary of State, in particular that the West, in their opinion, has never promised not to expand NATO to the east, hardly sets a constructive tone in the upcoming global security talks.
Commenting on Blinken's other words about Kazakhstan's readiness to deal with the unrest on its own, the head of the commission noted that "the Syrian and Libyan authorities had everything to deal with the" protests "on their own, ie local terrorists and foreign fighters." "But we, unlike the State Department, absolutely understand why there is a need for external 'assistance' for the 'spread of democracy' that no one wanted," Slutsky said, noting that "through the efforts of CSTO peacekeepers, it was now possible." to stabilize the situation ”in the republic.
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