MOSCOW. May 27 (Interfax-AVN) - The leadership of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces is unfazed by Ukraine's plans to expand and deepen relations with NATO.
"I always hold a positive attitude to the expansion of contacts at all levels," First Deputy Chief-of-Staff Colonel General Yuri Baluyevsky told the Moscow press on Monday.
"It is logical that Ukraine intends to expand contacts with NATO, as well as Russia," he said.
"Future lies in the expansion of contacts," Baluyevsky added.