NATO emblem WASHINGTON, Jan 11 NATO does not know how the negotiations with Russia will neither particularly optimistic nor pessimistic about the meeting scheduled for Wednesday, said Julianne Smith, US Ambassador to the North Atlantic Alliance. “We don't know what will happen tomorrow … I don't think any of us are particularly optimistic. that some of us are particularly pessimistic. But we are ready to walk through this door tomorrow morning and start a conversation in the NATO-Russia Council to see if diplomacy can de-escalate this conflict, «she said at a briefing. 
NATO will not revert to 1997 configuration, US Ambassador said Smith added that all NATO member states are ready to engage in dialogue. She called the cross-cutting topics of contacts with Russia «transparency, risk reduction and arms control.» — consultations on the platform of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
