NATO states should not abandon the dialogue with Russia, despite the aggravated relations between Moscow and the West in connection with the situation in Ukraine. Such an opinion was expressed by the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, in an interview published in the newspaper The Wall Street Journal.
According to TASS, Stoltenberg stressed that the cooling of the relations should not affect the possibility of dialogue with Russia. "We have differences, but that is why we have to meet (at the negotiation table)," Stoltenberg said.
"The idea that the consent for the dialogue is a kind of concession or weakness, is not so. Especially when tensions are becoming intense, especially when we see an increased military activity and increased numbers of /military/ aircraft and ships. On the contrary, this is an additional reason or argument for dialogue," said the Secretary General of the Alliance.