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NATO set for first formal talks with Russia for two years

NATO will hold its first formal talks with Russia in nearly two years on April 20 to discuss the Ukraine crisis and other security issues, the U.S.-led military alliance said on April 12.
 
"The date has been mutually agreed," a NATO spokeswoman told AFP, adding: "It is good to talk but it cannot be a return to business as usual."

NATO-Russia Council to Meet on Ukraine Crisis, Afghanistan

The NATO-Russia Council will meet in the next two weeks for the first time since 2014 to duscuss the Ukraine crisis.

"Following consultations with Russia, we have agreed to hold a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at Ambassadorial level," NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, said in a statement on Friday.

PM: We don't know what EU will look like; NATO no condition

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told B92 late on Monday in an interview that "it is not clear" what the European Union will look like in the future.

However, he added that it is up to Serbia to work, progress, change itself, and that no one ever placed NATO membership as a condition for accession to the European Union.

Russia's response to NATO to be "adequate and effective"

Russia will take the necessary military measures in response to the increase in the presence of NATO forces in Europe, especially in the East of the continent.

This has been stated by Russia's Permanent Representative to NATO Aleksandr Grushko, who added that Moscow's response will be "adequate and effective."

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