MINSK, 24 January (BelTA) - Moscow will seek ironclad guarantees
to ensure that Ukraine will never be admitted to NATO as Ukraine’s accession
would make it impossible to achieve peace, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister
Alexander Grushko said in an interview with the Russian media.
"For us, this is the key element of potential agreements on the conflict in Ukraine and an element of removing the root causes of this conflict. We will be seeking not only ironclad legal guarantees, ruling out any Ukrainian membership in NATO, but we will also demand that the alliance itself embrace this policy," the senior Russian diplomat explained.
According to Alexander Grushko, Ukraine joining NATO "would rule out achieving peace in Ukraine and, more broadly, establishing any security architecture,"
Alexander Grushko noted that this position is shared by "quite a number of members of the alliance." "There are different views within NATO regarding the prospect of Ukraine's joining the alliance," he explained.
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