Grushko until sees no need for the Council meeting of the NATO-Russia

Vladimir Dobrovolsky. Russia's envoy to NATO Alexander Grushko not see the need to convene a meeting of the Council, the NATO - Russia taking into account the current position of the Commonwealth, renounced practical cooperation with Russia.

" At this point in time I until not see the necessity of convening the NRC considering the fact that NATO takes the position that it was formulated by April 1 of the current year. If NATO will interest to the conversation, we do not exclude such a possibility, " said Grushko Russian correspondents.

according to him, the resumption of cooperation can be, if NATO will rescan relatively Russia decision." And we're going to look at areas in which such cooperation can deliver real results, " said the Ambassador.

" The ball is placed on the NATO side. I think that NATO understand that the situation that has evolved, does not meet the interests of the Commonwealth. The Alliance sooner or later will realize that a focus on the defense of the Eastern flank is a problem that exists only in the heads of NATO strategists, And real interest possibly linked to cooperation with Russia on a range of security issues with Russia, NATO will not be able to play an independent role, and where you want to combine efforts on a collective basis, " the Envoy said.

He said that " this is the most important situation in the middle East and North Africa, the fight against crime, the challenges posed by the problem of nuclear proliferation, the fight against piracy." All that we together with NATO did in the framework of the Council Russia-NATO or other international formats, " said Grushko.

in early April, the head of the NATO foreign Ministers ceased practical civil and military cooperation with Russia because of Russia's positions in Ukraine and the Crimea. In June, the Ministers have extended this decision. The U.S. and EU also accuse Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable.


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