NATO Secretary General Jens StoltenbergBRUSSELS Feb 16 The best way to discuss missile and offensive weapons with Russia — these are direct negotiations, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference following the first day of the meeting of the heads of the North Atlantic bloc's defense ministries. «NATO is a defensive alliance that does not threaten Russia. We have been talking for years and months about our readiness to sit down at the negotiating table to discuss concerns Russia in the field of security, consider the topic of arms control.If they are concerned about missiles and offensive weapons, the best way to solve this is to sit down at the negotiating table and discuss how we can reduce the number of missiles.We have done this before, agreements can be reached with Russia , and not only in the field of arms control,» he said. consider deployment of battlegroups in Eastern Europe
