“NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in & nbsp; as Chairman of the Russia Council & nbsp; & mdash; NATO convened an NRC meeting on 12 & nbsp; January 2022 & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; indicated in the & nbsp; press release.
It is noted that “the dialogue with Russia should be conducted on the basis of reciprocity, to respond to NATO's concerns about Russian actions.”
Stoltenberg himself also confirmed that the & nbsp; alliance is ready for a meeting 12 & nbsp; January 2022.
Earlier it was reported that & nbsp; US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on December 31 & nbsp; in a & nbsp; telephone conversation with & nbsp; Secretary General Stoltenberg upcoming contacts with & nbsp; Russia. Commenting on the negotiations, the State Department reported that & nbsp; NATO is ready for & nbsp; meaningful dialogue with & nbsp; RF and & nbsp; & nbsp; while & nbsp; at the same time is united in & nbsp; on the issue of deterring further aggression against Ukraine.
December 15 Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs & nbsp; handed over to the American side the draft agreements between Russia and the & nbsp; USA on & nbsp; security guarantees and & nbsp; agreements on & nbsp; security measures & nbsp; RF and & nbsp; states & nbsp; & mdash; members of NATO. The & nbsp; document, in & nbsp; in particular, states that & nbsp; the United States should not & nbsp; create military bases on the & nbsp; territories of the former USSR countries that are & nbsp; & nbsp; members of & nbsp; NATO.
Sakina Nureyev