Szczerski of the NATO-Russia Council: we are against isolating Russia – Gazeta Wyborcza

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We are against isolating Russia, which does not mean that we support the lifting of sanctions - as presidential minister Krzysztof Szczerski referred to the planned meeting of NATO-Russia Council at ambassadorial level, which is reached on Wednesday in Brussels.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                          
 

                 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

         

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stressed that Poland agreed to the meeting, provided that the number one topic will be the issue of Ukraine.

"Consequently we are against isolating Russia, which does not mean that we support the lifting of sanctions. We want sanctions to keep, because it is an instrument - legal, legal - reaction to violations of international law. At the same time we say that the political isolation of Russia is not our goal" - he told PAP Szczerski.

He stressed that the meeting does not mean a return to normal relations between the Alliance and Russia, that is, before the Russian aggression in Ukraine. "The idea is to resume the communication channel to the Russian side has received from NATO bright, clear answer to this, that NATO is the Alliance, which would take care of the security of your immediate surroundings. NATO is obliged to say Russian partners that peace in Ukraine is part of the obvious interest of the Covenant "- said presidential minister.

Among the themes of the meeting NATO-Russia Council at ambassadorial level will be the crisis in Ukraine, Afghanistan and reducing military threats - announced on Tuesday a spokeswoman for the Alliance. She stressed that this is not a return to "business as usual", "but we need dialogue," - she added.

Although the situation in Ukraine remains a matter of dispute between the West and Russia, the announced meeting in Brussels testifies to the parties' willingness to improve diplomatic relations, which in the future may help avoid accidental clashes in the region - notes Reuters. He added the agency, NATO, which now strengthens its military presence in Eastern Europe on a scale not seen since the end of the Cold War, wants through dialogue with Moscow could avoid misunderstandings.

On Saturday, Permanent Representative of Russia to NATO Aleksandr Grushko said that Russia will not resume normal dialogue with NATO if the Alliance "does not make a revision of the policy of containment of Russia and does not cease to inflate the myth about the threat of the military from Russia" . He estimated that the next meeting should not expect a diplomatic breakthrough.

The Russian authorities, including President Vladimir Putin, constantly accuse US and NATO states striving for global domination through a "policy of containment of Russia" in the form of political pressure, economic and military.

The NATO-Russia Council was established in 2002. By the findings of the so-called. Rome Declaration as a forum for consultation on security issues and cooperation between Member States, NATO and the Russian Federation.

After the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the beginning of military operations in the east of Ukraine in 2014. NATO suspended civil and military cooperation with Moscow. Contacts within the NATO-Russia Council have been reduced to the level of ambassadors. Since the outbreak of the conflict Ukrainian held two meetings with the ambassadors - in March and June 2014. (PAP)

         

         

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