NATO Secretary General Jens StoltenbergBRUSSELS, Jan 18NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that he invited the allies and Russia to continue negotiations on security in the near future within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council. «Now the main task is to move forward on the political track. NATO allies are ready to meet with Russia again. Today I invited Russia and the allies on NATO to participate in a series of meetings within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council in the near future to discuss our concerns, but also listen to Russian concerns,» he said at a joint press conference in Germany with Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
The expert said about the «strange» tone of NATO in negotiations with Russia. He also stressed that for NATO «the main thing is to prevent a military attack on Ukraine.» The situation on the line of contact in the Donbass is of serious concern to Russia — for several months Moscow weapons and forces. Moscow does not rule out that the Ukrainian authorities are hatching plans for a forceful solution to the conflict in the southeast with the connivance of Western countries, which continue to «pump» Kiev with weapons and send military instructors. In addition, Kiev blocks work in the Contact Group, refuses direct dialogue with the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics and develops draft laws that directly contradict the Minsk agreements — for example, a draft law on the transition period. At the same time, Kiev insists on the need to hold a meeting of the Normandy format , however, Moscow believes that a meeting for the sake of a meeting is not needed and Ukraine must first comply with the decisions of the last summit, which took place in December 2019. 12 January, 08:43InfographicDraft agreement on security assurances between Russia and NATOInfographicView
