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Nikolai Patrushev: â€œNATO expansion poses a serious threat to Russiaâ€

09 February 2010 15:05 (UTC +04:00)

Moscow - APA. â€œNATO expansion poses a serious threat to Russiaâ€-told the Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev, APA reports citing â€œRosbaltâ€. He noted that previous leaders of the block have promised not to expand this organization, but if one is in the North Atlantic block comprised 12 countries, then today they have 28. Moreover, the Warsaw Pact countries and some countries that formerly constituted the Soviet Union entered the Alliance: "They were dragging after him other states - Georgia, Ukraine, that have the potential to join NATO. In some ways they are right, but not all ", - said Patrushev. - Look at Ukraine: whether it wants people to join NATO. Referendum showed that the Ukraine into NATO is not seeking, at least for now".

Meanwhile, Secretary of the Security Council believes that the world less likely the outbreak of large-scale war. However, he said, remain the regions and conflicts, as well as the possibility of a military solution. However, Patrushev said, "These conflicts could lead to war with the use of both conventional and nuclear weaponsâ€.