BRUSSELS, Jan 7 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called the decision of Russia in meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, saying that the alliance foreign ministers confirmed the need for such a dialogue. “It is very important to start a dialogue, therefore I welcome that Russia has agreed to take part in the RNC meeting, this is at least a positive signal. We are ready for positive interaction , we will listen to Russia's concerns, «he said following a virtual meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers. Next week, Russia and the United States will hold another round of dialogue on strategic stability in Geneva, after which a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council will be held in Brussels, and in Vienna — consultations at the platform of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. At the end of 2021, Russia published draft agreements with the United States and agreements with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees against further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the Ukrainian bloc and from creating military bases in post-Soviet countries. 
