Lavrov and Steinmeier argued about the possibility of contacts between Russia and NATO
It is necessary to use the capabilities of the Russia-NATO Council, especially in the most difficult times. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced this today in Yekaterinburg, speaking to students of the Ural Federal University.
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“Many in Russia perceive NATO expansion as a threat. It was precisely in order to reduce the feeling of mutual threat that we concluded the Russia-NATO Founding Act in 1997 and created the Russia-NATO Council. However, we must ask ourselves whether we have done everything to fill this Council with concrete proposals and confidence-building projects,” Steinmeier said.
However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes that NATO does not want to discuss the restoration of relations with Russia.
“We were not the ones who disrupted the activities of the Russia-NATO Council. The Russia-NATO Council is frozen. The fact that a couple of embassy meetings took place does not change anything. NATO does not want to discuss the restoration of relations,” Lavrov clarified.
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