Russian diplomat accuses US of pushing Europe towards war
The updated strategy of the United States army command in
Europe is perplexing, Alexander Grushko, Russia’s Permanent Representative to North
Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, said in an interview with the Rossiya 24
television news channel on Wednesday.
"What the United States is doing is an attempt to push
the world and Europe into a confrontational war, which should remain in the
past," the Russian diplomat said, reports Tass.
In its updated strategy, the EUCOM called "deterrence
of Russian aggression" its top priority. The document was published at the
EUCOM website on Wednesday.
"This document cannot but cause enormous bewilderment.
What is absolutely surprising is that this document, which enumerates various
risks and security threats, postulates directly that the command’s main task is
to advance the U.S. vital interests from Greenland to the Caspian Sea,"
Grushko said.
"Numerous questions are immediately coming to mind. On
the one hand, the United States says it will not tolerate the world’s division
into spheres of influence but on the other hand, it declares itself a global
player, which considers the entire region to be its exclusive sphere of
influence," Russia’s Permanent Representative to NATO said.
"Russia is named as the main threat, which should be
deterred from launching aggression in Eastern Europe. It is simply impossible
to comment this assertion which is absolutely detached from reality," the
Russian diplomat said.
"It is clear that all this is necessary for gathering
allies under the US shoulder and forcing them to pay more for the defense;
contribute more to the defense sector; strengthen the eastern flank and defend
and erect a new ‘iron curtain’. All this is read, directly and indirectly, in
this document," Grushko said describing it as a very dangerous
confrontational path.
"I would like to emphasize that all this does not match
either the real security needs or the real needs of world development because
today it has become obvious that it is necessary to join efforts in the
struggle against new threats and challenges," Grushko stressed.
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