NATO defense ministers will next week consider reviewing the alliance’s long-standing policy toward Russia.
This was reported by Politico citing its own sources. In his opinion, the Russia-NATO Founding Act and the Russia-NATO Council, which are still in force, do not meet the demands of the modern era.
It is alleged that this issue has been debated for several months. But next week the first round of ministerial talks on this issue will take place.
“Now is the time to develop a new strategy based on specific positions.” —said one of the agency’s interlocutors.
Apparently, NATO countries are trying to promote discussions that “lead to issues such as the future of the NATO-Russia Founding Act.” At the July summit, the alliance countries agreed to develop a new strategy towards Russia for the next summit, which will take place in June 2025 in The Hague.
Recall that the Russia-NATO Founding Act was signed in 1997. It said that the parties would “jointly build a lasting and comprehensive peace in the Euro-Atlantic region.”
Among other things, it was noted that Moscow and the alliance do not consider themselves opponents. NATO pledged not to station significant additional combat forces permanently on the territory of member countries, and Russia pledged to show restraint in deploying conventional armed forces in Europe.
