Ex-Nato Secretary General: World won't return no usual relations with Putin

The Independent published an article by Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

Former Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Russia is his deepest disappointment of the past five years.

Nato's outgoing Secretary General writes it in his article in The Independent, Evropeiska Pravda reports.

“Russia's behaviour is my deepest disappointment of the past five years. My very first speech as Nato Secretary General, in September 2009, focused on seeking a strategic partnership with Russia. I saw this as a historic opportunity which my generation could not miss,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen wrote.

The former Nato's Secretary General is confident that the western countries won't agree to accept Russia's attempts to redraw borders of Ukraine. He emphasised that the Kremlin's aggression against Ukraine continued the series of violations of international law “from Moldova to Georgia, and now in Ukraine”.

He said he didn't expect a quick solution to the Russian problem.

“Unless Russia changes course, there can be no business as usual, and I expect that engagement with Moscow will remain a considerable challenge for the foreseeable future,” he said.

Nato's outgoing Secretary General added the Alliance would maintain a continuous presence in Eastern Europe due to Moscow's policy.