Moscow welcomes NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s initiative for holding a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council before the alliance’s summit on July 8-9, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"The Russian side has never strayed from dialogue. We believe that this is the only actual method of solving problems and issues that are before us," Sputnik cited him as saying.
He noted that the "dialog should be keynoted by confidence and trust" and "based on mutual interests." "Otherwise it can hardly be productive," TASS cited Peskov as saying.