NATO Secretary General Jens StoltenbergBRUSSELS, Jan 13 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he had discussed with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the security situation in Europe, Ukraine and the continuation of dialogue with Russia within the framework of the RF-NATO Council. «We discussed with Prime Minister Johnson the security in Europe, the situation in and around the borders of Ukraine. In NATO, we take a unified position are ready to defend allies and meet again within the Russia-NATO Council,” Stoltenberg wrote on Twitter. NATO needs UkraineA meeting of the Russia-NATO Council was held in Brussels on Wednesday. The meeting followed the talks on security guarantees between Russia and the United States, which took place on January 9-10 in Geneva. On Thursday, after the meeting of the Russia-NATO Council, consultations are held at the Vienna site of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The Russia-NATO Council was established in 2002 as a platform for developing interaction and coordination. The body promoted cooperation between Moscow and the countries of the alliance in important areas, in particular the fight against international terrorism. After 2008, the work of the RNC slowed down, in 2014 relations became even more tense. The last meeting of the RNC was held in 2019. The final deterioration of interaction occurred in October 2021, when NATO withdrew the accreditation of eight Russian diplomats. The Russian Federation, in response, decided to suspend the work of the Permanent Mission at NATO Headquarters in Belgium and close the military communications mission and information office of the bloc in Moscow. Russia in security guarantees: what's next?
