Senior officials from NATO and Russia for the first time in three years, held direct talks
Military officials from NATO and Russia held the first direct talks over the past three years, as the Alliance broke with Russia, almost all the contacts, leaving only the political, due to the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
This writes Radio Liberty.
The Alliance said that the phone Pospelovo the Chairman of the NATO military Committee, General Petr Pavel and the head of the General staff of the Russian Armed forces General Valery Gerasimov. Both generals agreed to stay in touch.
In the Russian Federation, respectively, said that “concerned at the significant increase in military activity of NATO near Russia’s borders”.
Both sides confirmed the necessity of reciprocal steps to reduce tensions and stabilize the situation in Europe,” he said in Moscow.
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Meanwhile, in February, for one day, occurred four dangerous rapprochement of planes of Air and space forces and the air forces of NATO countries.
This was stated by commander of US air forces in Europe and Africa General Todd Walters. The incidents, according to Walters, held on 10 February.
In three cases from the Russian side participated frontline bombers su-24, even in one — the aircraft Il-38.