NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he is willing to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, potentially paving the way for the first high-level talks between the world’s most powerful military alliance and Moscow in several years.
“If the context is right, I am, of course, also ready to meet with President Putin,” Stoltenberg told DPA news agency in an interview published Monday, stressing that dialogue is important “especially when things are difficult.”
Stoltenberg’s offer for talks comes as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, founded in 1949, is struggling to reconcile conflicts between its 29 members on issues ranging from military action in Syria …read more
Source:: European Voice