The director of the Russian Foreign Ministry department called NATO expansion destructive

Director of the Department of European Problems of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation Vladislav Maslennikov told Izvestia about Russia’s principled position on NATO expansion.

Maslennikov emphasized that the position has remained unchanged.

“We consider the continuation of this alliance policy to be extremely destructive and insist on its termination,” Maslennikov said.

Finland and Sweden have already joined NATO since the beginning of 2022. The number of countries participating in the North Atlantic Treaty has increased to 32.

In addition, Ukraine, Georgia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina have officially applied to join NATO.