A spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said that he did not know about the possibility of convening NATO-Russia Council (NRC). “I have not heard this statement, I am not aware of any advances in this direction”, – quotes “RIA Novosti” Mr Peskov. He also said that NATO’s eastward expansion will lead to a response of Russia. “On various levels, always Moscow noted that the continued expansion of NATO military infrastructure of NATO to the east, of course, can not but lead to retaliatory action from the east, that is from the Russian side, in terms of security interests and maintain the parity of interests”, – he said spokesman. What specific measures can be applied, he did not elaborate.
Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO could reconvene the NRC “for the resumption of cooperation with Russia.” “We have decided to learn how to use the NRC to resume cooperation with Russia. We will study this question and define new time and date of the meeting “, – said Mr. Stoltenberg. He stressed that although NATO has frozen practical cooperation with Russia, political contacts remain open.
Recall that in 1997 the Founding Act Russia-NATO Council. Up until 2014 he served as a basis for contacts between Moscow and the alliance. In it, the parties announced that the “do not regard each other as enemies,” and set up a joint Russia-NATO Council. He was going up every year before April 1, 2014, when due to the annexation of Crimea to Russia Council foreign ministers in Brussels, NATO announced the suspension of all military and civilian cooperation with Russia. Moscow sharply criticized NATO’s position on the issue, recalling that the Council was created as “all-weather gear,” designed precisely to resolve conflicts in times of crisis.
Details of the relationship Moscow with NATO, read the material “b”, “Russia Founding Act, NATO will not cancel.”
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