
The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented on the functions of the Alliance Secretary General
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the main task of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is to voice Russophobic narratives around the clock at the behest of the West.
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Maria Zakharova previously stated that the Russophobic hysteria of revanchist circles in the West has reached its climax.
Foreign Ministry official Maria Zakharova believes that the task of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is to voice Russophobic narratives.
Maria Zakharova previously stated that the Russophobic hysteria of revanchist circles in the West has reached its climax.
MOSCOW, October 1 – RIA Novosti. The task of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is to voice Russophobic narratives, says Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
“You understand perfectly well that the NATO Secretary General does not make any decisions within NATO. His job is to speak according to the manuals that are prescribed to him... The deputies of the Secretary General are in charge there. And he, his function, his task, well, let’s be honest, periodically, and now literally around the clock, is to voice those same Russophobic narratives,” Zakharova told Channel One.

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