10 Apr 2014 11:34

Russian Foreign Ministry: NATO tries to use Ukraine crisis for its own consolidation in face of imaginary military threat

MOSCOW. April 10 (Interfax) - The Russian authorities view NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen's accusations against Moscow as an attempt to bolster the relevance of the alliance, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary posed on its website on Thursday.

"The secretary general's constant accusations against us suggest that the alliance is trying to use the crisis in Ukraine to "consolidate its ranks" in the face of some imaginary external threat allegedly facing NATO countries, as well as to reinforce the relevance of the alliance in these issues in the 21st century," the ministry said.