Russia needs reinforced concrete guarantees that Ukraine and Georgia will never be members of NATO, stated on Monday the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov.
“We emphasize that for us it is absolutely necessary – to make sure that Ukraine will never become a member of NATO. We would like the NATO Madrid summit formula, adopted by the Bucharest summit in 2008, would be revoked and replaced by the following: “Ukraine and Georgia will never become members of the North Atlantic Alliance,” RIA Novosti quotes the words.
“We are tired of conducting empty conversations, from the chance, from the wrong interpretation, which often happened in the negotiations behind closed doors. We do not trust the other side. We need reinforced concrete, legally significant guarantees, not promises, namely guarantees, with the words” Must “,” obliged “, never become members of NATO. This is a matter of national security of Russia,” he stressed.