Putin Accuses West of Broken Promises
(MENAFN) Russia has decided it will no longer engage in “one-sided” dealings with Western powers, President Vladimir Putin told the press during the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) summit held in Minsk.
He claimed that Western countries have continuously deceived Russia by failing to uphold assurances regarding NATO's eastward growth and the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, as he explained during a press conference on Friday.
According to Putin, NATO is currently justifying a proposed increase in defense budgets—to 5 percent of each member’s GDP—as well as a significant military buildup in Europe by referencing what it calls Russia’s “aggressiveness.”
He argued that NATO members are “turning everything upside down” with such assertions, distorting the reality of the situation.
The Russian president also emphasized that “no one is saying a word about how we’ve come up to the Russian special military operation,” pointing out that the origins of the Ukraine war trace back many years.
He stated that Moscow was “blatantly lied to” regarding NATO’s intentions not to expand. “What followed was one expansion wave after another,” he remarked.
Putin asserted that Russia’s legitimate security worries over NATO's maneuvers have been persistently dismissed and met with indifference.
“Isn’t it aggressive behavior? That is precisely aggressive behavior, which the West does not want to pay attention to,” he concluded.
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