NATO will seek to reassure Russia on Monday that its troop deployments to the Baltics and Poland next year are purely defensive, in a rare meeting of the alliance's envoys with those of the Kremlin that is unlikely to resolve long-standing grievances.
The NATO-Russia Council, the forum bringing together North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ambassadors and Russia's top diplomat dealing with the U.S.-led alliance, will convene for only the third time this year with the crisis in Ukraine still the top concern for Brussels and Washington.
Russia says it is concerned about a NATO military build-up near its borders. "We count on having a frank discussion about the security situation in Europe ... including ... the consequences of NATO reinforcements on the eastern flank," Russia's ambassador to NATO, Alexander Grushko, said on Friday.
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WNU Editor: Both sides are continuing to build up their military forces. On one side we have the U.S. shipping 1600 tanks .... US to ship 1,600 tanks to Dutch arms depot in ‘clear message’ to Russia (RT). More here .... US sends tanks to Europe to bolster Nato forces amid rising Russian aggression (The Independent). On the other side .... Russia is bolstering their nuclear forces .... Russia to 'expand mobile nuclear missile patrols' near European borders to respond to Nato 'threats' in 2017 (The Independent).
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