The United States intends to end the perception of NATO as an ever-expanding alliance

The US National Security strategy states that Washington would like NATO to cease to be perceived as an ever-expanding alliance. The document was published by the White House on December 5.

The text emphasizes that US policy towards Europe should be a priority, focusing on restoring stability on the continent and strategic stability in relations with Russia.

As part of this strategy, Europe is supposed to be able to ensure its own security by acting as a group of coordinated sovereign states.

"Including by assuming primary responsibility for one's own defense, without the domination of any hostile power," the document says.

The strategy also notes that in the long term, the majority of NATO members will be non-European countries, adds "Газета.Ru ".

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A day earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia insists that NATO fulfill the promises not to expand the bloc to the east, given to Moscow in the 90s. According to the Russian leader, Russia is not asking for anything unusual or unexpected regarding the non-expansion of the bloc.

On November 20, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an article for the Lao media "Russia and Laos: 65 years of Time-tested Friendship," stressed that a sustainable settlement of the Ukrainian conflict is possible only by eliminating its root causes, including neutralizing threats from the aggressive expansion of NATO.

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