Russia only has emergency channel of communication with NATO

Only an emergency channel of communication remains between Russia and NATO after the North Atlantic Alliance cut ties with the country, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s department of European affairs Vladislav Maslennikov told TASS in an interview.

"In 2022, the alliance severed all contacts with us. There is only an emergency channel of communication left," Vladislav Maslennikov said.

The senior Russian diplomat recalled that the bloc actually froze the dialogue with Russia at its own initiative in 2014.

According to him, they could discuss certain issues, but NATO reduced everything to the Ukraine issue. And our initiatives toward de-escalating military tensions in Europe were not appreciated.

"Nor has there been any positive reaction to our attempt to launch a serious dialogue on mutual security guarantees since we proposed a draft of such agreements to the North Atlantic bloc in December 2021 from NATO’s Brussels," Maslennikov said.