The United States and NATO are ready to continue reciprocal dialogue with Moscow, the US Department of State said in a statement, following a phone talk between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, APA reports citing TASS.
he dialog between Russia and the US and NATO should find a way to reduce tension, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, responding to the question from TASS, APA reports.
The Kremlin on Thursday gave a bleak assessment of Russia’s security talks with the United States and NATO this week, describing them as “unsuccessful” and saying there was disagreement on fundamental issues, APA reports citing Reuters.
Consultation platform of NATO allies, Russia to discuss European security, situation in Ukraine for 1st time…
According to Dmytro Kuleba , the situation appears especially cynical as Russia is demanding security guarantees at a time when its over 100,000-strong force is brandishing arms on Ukraine’s borders, holding Crimea hostage and fighting in Donbas, Russian special services are undermining security at Belarus’ borders with Poland and Lithuania, and gas supplies are being transformed into an instrument of foreign policy. Russia does not have a say in Ukraine’s NATO membership.
Nato has warned Moscow to abandon its belligerent foreign policy and co-operate with the West or face a military alliance steeled for conflict on the eve of a week of intense diplomacy aimed at averting a Russian assault on Ukraine, APA reports citing Irishtimes.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that the bloc will not under any circumstances sacrifice its basic principle that any country may choose its own defence alliances, APA reports citing Sputnik.
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