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NATO-Russia talks at impasse amid ‘real risk’ of Ukraine war

2022-01-13 10:36:57       source:The Aljazeera

January 12, 2022


NATO and the United States have rejected key Russian security demands for easing tensions over Ukraine but left open the possibility of future talks with Moscow on arms control, missile deployments and ways to prevent military incidents between Russia and the West.


The decisions came at a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council on Wednesday, the first of its kind in more than two years. That Russia’s delegation did not walk out of the talks and remained open to the prospect of future meetings despite the West rebuffing central demands were seen as positive notes in a week of high-level meetings aimed at staving off a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine.


Russian President Vladimir Putin wants NATO to withdraw its troops and military equipment from countries neighbouring Russia, which includes Ukraine but also NATO allies like Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Putin also wants the 30-nation military alliance to agree not to admit any more members.


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