BRUSSELS, October 14. /TASS/. NATO and the European Union are on an escalatory path that increases the risk of an unintended military clash with Russia, Russian Ambassador to Belgium Denis Gonchar, who is also responsible for the currently absent Russia-NATO contacts, said in an interview with TASS.
"Contrary to common sense, NATO and the EU continue to follow an escalatory path that increases the risk of an unintended clash and is fraught with the most negative consequences for global stability," the ambassador noted.
"We note with regret that, despite all the statements by the Russian leadership, including President Vladimir Putin's statement at the Valdai Forum that Russia has no intention of attacking NATO, the frenzy of Westerners continues unabated. The anti-Russian fervor of the traditionally vocal Baltic states and Poland has recently been increasingly joined by once sober-minded European powers, such as Germany. Statements by Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Germany is 'already in a state of conflict with Russia' are interspersed with calls by Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to 'prepare for war' with our country 'in the next five to seven years.'"
"It seems that one of the main targets of this disinformation campaign is US President Donald Trump, who is being persuaded to take a 'hard line' in "regarding Moscow and dragging us into a confrontation," the senior diplomat warned.
