The alliance’s official policy toward Moscow has remained unchanged for decades, but relations have sunk downward in recent years.
NATO defense ministers will meet next week to rethink the alliance’s Russia policy in response to the threat posed by the Kremlin. Politico wrote this on Friday, October 11.
The publication notes that relations between NATO and Russia have reached an all-time low after the outbreak of a full-scale war in Ukraine. NATO called Russia “the most important and direct threat to the security of allies.” The Kremlin believes NATO’s eastward expansion poses an existential threat.
However, despite the change in tone, NATO still maintains its Founding Act with Russia. It is a document signed in 1997, six years after the fall of the Soviet Union, which states the general goal of “building a stable, peaceful and peaceful Europe.”
The NATO-Russia Council, a body created after the Cold War to cooperate on security issues and joint projects, has not met since 2022. Relations with Russia have continued to deteriorate for years .
“NATO countries are now trying to” outline the various elements of the strategy towards Russia and promote debates within the alliance that will bring us to topics such as the future of the NATO-Russia Founding Act.. .It is time to develop a new strategy in terms of the specific positions of the allies,” the quote quoted the words of an unnamed senior US government official.
According to him, there is no draft of a new strategy, because the focus is on the views of the 32 NATO countries.
It noted that disagreements are emerging over how far NATO should go to create new policies in relations with Russia. According to a NATO diplomat, some members of the alliance fear that the highly aggressive new strategy could send a “signal” that will weaken Russia.
In addition, the question arose about Hungary and Slovakia – two NATO countries that oppose the rest of the alliance by constantly maintaining contacts with the Kremlin and considering relations with Russia as strategically important.
Let’s remember that the day before, the new NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte spoke about Trump’s policy in Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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