"NATO’s decision proves of a biased and tendentious approach towards studying the causes and effects of the events in Ukraine ...
“The intention to restrict cooperation in reacting to common threats and challenges -- terrorism, piracy, crises, extremism, natural calamities and man-made catastrophes, Afghanistan and Syrian chemical weapons -- runs counter common sense...
“We consider the attempts to introduce ‘NATO’s factor’ in the difficult and fragile situation in Ukraine very dangerous. They make the situation tenser and wreck prospects for normalizing the situation."
Those consequences included the suspension of the first NATO-Russia joint mission that was set to provide maritime escort for U.S. vessel Cape Ray as it transports Syrian chemical weapons for at-sea destruction as well as the suspension of all NATO staff-level civilian and military meetings with Russia.