NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has convened a meeting of the NATO-Russia council for January 12, an official with the military alliance said on Tuesday in a statement to Reuters.
“Any dialogue with Russia would have to proceed on the basis of reciprocity, address NATO’s concerns about Russia’s actions... and take place in consultation with NATO’s European partners,” the official said, referring to the crisis in Ukraine.
NATO has not revealed the agenda of the meeting so far. Earlier, Russia confirmed its intention to discuss with NATO the proposals on security guarantees, in particular, the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from Europe, prevention of the deployment of NATO forces near Russian borders as well as abandoning the policy of engaging Ukraine and Georgia in the alliance.
