Primakov was insisting that Moscow could not accept a NATO committed to the defense of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic — the very states forced into the Soviet empire 50 years ago.

普利马科夫坚持莫斯科不能接受北约组织承担对波兰、匈牙利和捷克共和国的防御义务——正是这几个国家五十年前被强行纳入苏维埃帝国。

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