NATO chief denies need to create image for Russia

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at the Atlantic Council in Washington that the Alliance did not need to create “a specific” image of Russia to gain momentum, ITAR-TASS reports.

Rasmussen noted that Russia was forming its own image. He reminded that a real strategic partnership had been initiated between NATO and Russia at the Russia-NATO summit in Lisbon in November 2010.

In Rasmussen’s words, the organization had achieved a lot in developing a constructive dialogue with Russia in the past 20 years. He reminded that Russia’s military doctrines view NATO as an enemy.

The secretary general emphasized that the Alliance will intensify cooperation with Ukraine in the next years. Details of the cooperation will be discussed at the NATO summit in Wales.