Ukraine–NATO relations

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a news conference after the NATO Force Integration Unit inauguration in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 3, 2015. - Photo: REUTERS / Ints Kalnins

The United States has a strong commitment to NATO not only in words but in deeds, alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on March 30 amid unease among European officials after U.S. President Donald Trump described NATO as "obsolete" during his election campaign.

Most Serbians would not accept a NATO apology for the 1999 bombing campaign and are against the country's membership in the alliance.

This is the case even though they chiefly blame the intervention on Slobodan Milosevic's policy, Tanjug is reporting, citing a survey conducted by the Institute for European Affairs NGO on Friday.

Senior Russian and NATO military chiefs on March 3 held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said.  

Serbia and Russia are the only countries in Eastern Europe where a considerable majority of citizens sees NATO as a threat.

This is according to a poll conducted by Gallup.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has urged Western allies to maintain diplomatic pressure and sanctions on Russia until it respects the peace agreement in Ukraine.

Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic will meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the alliance's Brussels headquarters on Wednesday.

Vucic will also meet with North Atlantic Council representatives, the alliance has announced.

Defense ministers discussed strengthening NATO's presence in the Black Sea region on land as well as in the air and at sea, the alliance's secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, told reporters after the first day of the NATO Defense Ministers Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 26.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met in New York on Thursday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Nato countries are taking part in their biggest ever joint military exercises in Poland, amid concerns about a potential threat from Russia.
Some 31,000 Polish, US and other troops are participating in the land, sea and air exercises called Anaconda-16.