"NATO has been unable to respond to the growth of major threat - terrorism, and continues shattering security institutions in Europe," Lavrov said. However, this runs counter to the aspirations of Europeans, he noted.
The attempts to adapt institutions of the bipolar standoff era to the 21th century’s realities are doomed to failure, Lavrov told the Primakov Readings, a summit of experts, diplomats and politicians in memory of Russian politician Evgeny Primakov.
"In particular, the North Atlantic Alliance still remains in the logics of the Cold War, trying to justify its own existence," TASS cited him as saying.
Lavrov: NATO continues to shatter security structures in Europe
30 June 2017
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NATO is unable to respond to terrorism, but continuing to shatter security structures in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
