(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 01 - "NATO has always been in search of an external enemy, largely due to the need to preserve the NATO 'raison d'etre' which - and many Western politicians and analysts recognize this - has disappeared when the Warsaw Treaty Organization and the Soviet Union ceased to exist. "
This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a meeting with students and teaching staff of the Belarusian State University.
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