Alexander Demianchuk / ReutersRussia and NATO members met Wednesday for the first time since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea two years ago for what an alliance official called “a frank and serious discussion” about the Ukraine crisis, Russian military operations, terrorism, and other issues.
But NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the meeting of representatives of the NATO-Russia Council, established in 2002, did not indicate that relations between the two sides, once Cold War adversaries, “are back to business as usual.” He added:
NATO and Russia have profound and persistent disagreements. Today’s meeting did not change that. NATO allies remain firm that there …read more
Source: The Atlantic
