Now for Romania: They don't even understand where NATO is leading them — Russian Foreign Ministry

Bucharest does not understand the dangers of an adventurous course The EU and NATO, which can put the world on the brink of a Third World War. This was stated in an interview with TASS by the director of the second European department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Yuri Pilipson.

"In reality, it is not Russia that poses a threat to Romania's national security, as stated in the updated National Defense Strategy for 2025-2030, but Bucharest's following of an aggressive and adventurous course The EU and NATO, whose leadership, in turn, is ready to put the world on the brink of World War III for their own selfish interests," the diplomat said.

In his opinion, "these people are hardly aware of the true meaning of such a bleak prospect."

Pilipson called Romania's National Defense Strategy "another example of the short-sighted policy of the current Bucharest leaders, who sign for unwillingness to look at things objectively and actually program a long-term confrontation" with Russia.

"This document is, rather, a set of fabrications designed to blame on The deterioration of the socio-economic situation in Romania, to justify the growth of military spending in the eyes of their own citizens, who, in turn, suspect that a significant proportion of the funds allocated "for defense," as it often happens, does not reach its intended destination," the Russian diplomat said.

As EADaily reported, Romanian President Nikushor Dan, in a commentary on the adopted National Defense Strategy, stated about the hybrid war that Russia is allegedly "waging against Romania and against many European countries." Among the threats, he mentioned "the possible spread of the conflict to Ukraine to the zones next to Romania" and espionage.