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NATO, Russia to hold Council meeting next Monday

Xinhua, December 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said NATO will hold a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council next Monday.

"I have invited members of the NATO-Russia Council to a meeting on Monday at ambassadorial level at NATO headquarters to discuss topics of relevance to European security, notably Ukraine," Stoltenberg told media upon his arrival to attend the European Union summit.

NATO suspended practical cooperation with Russia in April 2014 in response to the Ukraine crisis, and the NATO-Russia Council was the only channel left open.

The NATO-Russia Council, which was established in 2002, was conceived as a mechanism for consultation, consensus-building, cooperation, joint decision and joint action.

The latest meeting took place in July shortly after the NATO Warsaw summit, where they discussed Ukraine crisis, military transparency and the security situation in Afghanistan. Endit