NATO and Russia held more than three hours of talks on Monday, discussing ways to reduce military accidents but also underscoring their deep disagreement on the conflict in Ukraine.
Western diplomats said the fact that the NATO-Russia Council, where the Russian ambassador to the North Atlantic alliance sits with members states’ envoys, had met at all was significant after an increase in Russian military deployments.
“Without talking, we cannot solve our differences,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said after the meeting in Brussels.
Russia has alarmed NATO by equipping its Baltic fleet with nuclear-capable missiles and stepping up Cold War-style aerial incursions to probe …read more
Source: Voice of America
