NATO’s efforts to rearm member states, boost military budgets, and reform its command structure are being shaped in preparation for a potential military clash with Russia, according to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.
“If we look at NATO, we really see this,” Grushko told RIA Novosti.
“It is reflected not only in exercises, but also in strategies to re-equip armies, increase military budgets, reform the command structure, and create new commands.
All these military developments are largely tailored to prepare for a military clash with Russia,” he said while speaking at the Forum of the Future 2050.
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Grushko added that NATO’s military posture toward Russia remains a defining factor shaping Moscow’s political and military relations with alliance member states.
Russia has repeatedly criticized what it sees as NATO’s increasing military presence near its western borders, accusing the alliance of using the “Russian threat” narrative to justify its expansion eastward.
The Russian Foreign Ministry reiterated that Moscow remains open to dialogue with NATO, but only on equal terms. It also called on Western nations to end policies aimed at militarizing the European continent.
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