NATO, Russia hold ‘risk reduction’ talks

AFP, BRUSSELS: NATO and Russia on Thursday held high-level talks on risk reduction and transparency to avoid any misunderstandings, after a series of close shaves, the US-led alliance said in a statement. As NATO embarks on its biggest build-up since the end of the Cold War to counter a more assertive Russia following the annexation of Crimea, there have been a string of incidents in the Baltic and Black Sea involving ships and planes.
“As part of our continuing dialogue with Russia, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Alexander Grushko,” the statement said.
“They discussed ways to increase transparency and risk reduction.”
NATO leaders agreed at a summit in July in Warsaw to boost their presence in the Baltic states—Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia—plus Poland to reassure the former Soviet era satellites rattled by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine.

NATO, Russia hold risk reduction talks

AFP, BRUSSELS: NATO and Russia on Thursday held high-level talks on risk reduction and transparency to avoid any misunderstandings, after a series of close shaves, the US-led alliance said in a statement. As NATO embarks on its biggest build-up since the end of the Cold War to counter a more assertive Russia following the annexation of Crimea, there have been a string of incidents in the Baltic and Black Sea involving ships and planes. As part of our continuing dialogue with Russia, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Alexander Grushko, the statement said. They discussed ways to increase transparency and risk reduction. NATO leaders agreed at a summit in July in Warsaw to boost their presence in the Baltic statesLithuania, Latvia, Estoniaplus Poland to reassure the former Soviet era satellites rattled by Russias intervention in Ukraine.