Grushko spoke about the possibility of restoring the work of the Russia—NATO Council
The restoration of the Russia—NATO Council is ruled out in the foreseeable future, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Izvestia. According to him, this structure was created on the understanding, which was recorded in the relevant documents that "the world has changed and we do not consider each other as an enemy, that there are common threats, and these common threats require joint actions."
Therefore, a political dialogue was needed, through which assessments of these threats were exchanged, the diplomat stressed.
"If necessary, decisions were made about whether we were acting together or in some kind of coordination, or whether someone could not act, but at the same time understand the actions of the other. All this was based on the fact that the norms of international law would be respected. But this is now a thing of the past, and today there is no basis for a conversation," says the Deputy Russian Foreign Minister.
The Russia—NATO Council appeared in 2002. It was supposed to become the main structure for the development of cooperation and coordination of military and political actions of the two sides. The work of the Russia—NATO Council has been suspended several times. So, after the Russian Federation's operation to force Georgia to peace in 2008, the alliance decided to temporarily freeze the work of the body until March 2009.
For the second time, the council suspended military cooperation with Russia due to the crisis in Ukraine in 2014. In 2017, the alliance announced the so-called dual approach, consisting of measures to contain Russia and a parallel dialogue with it.
The last meeting of the Russia–NATO Council was held in January 2022.
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