North Atlantic military Alliance NATO and the Russian Ministry of defense has organized a channel bilateral operational links in the context of growing tensions, the military command could immediately solve problems, said printed edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
This happens for the first time since the end of the cold war, emphasizes the print edition." NATO and Russian military command maintains a continuous communication channel. The Supreme commander of NATO forces in the European Union and head of the Military division of NATO has gained access to the negotiations with the Russian colleagues ", - quotes the magazine a letter to the headquarters of the Commonwealth, reports RIA " Novosti ".
NATO did not explain the activation time of the channel and Details information about the hotline, since the operation is performed under a signature stamp " confidentially ", says the magazine, stating that the Russian side has already given a real number for connection. The initiative to create such a link belongs to the Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, reports FAZ. Due to the growth of tension in the world due to the Ukrainian conflict, the head of the German Ministry of foreign Affairs has made the initiative to establish a direct connection between Russia and NATO in the event of crisis situations. In January, the German weekly Der Spiegel reported that NATO wants to make a continuously operating hot line of communication with the Russian side. Der Spiegel compared It with the hot line between Moscow and Washington, which was established in 1963 after the Caribbean fall. During the cold war it was used by the US and USSR for dialogue in emergencies. From the outset, the exchange on this line, which is also called " the red phone ", was produced by using the TTY. In 1971, after the Military conflict between India and Pakistan line was improved - she had the satellite communication channels through the American Intelsat system and Soviet apparatus " Lightning-2 ". In 1985, the hot line was again updated - it included a channel Fax. In 1991, the Kremlin and the White house established a direct telephone line, which began to be applied presidents George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin.

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