There were no agreements on holding meetings of the NATO - Russia Council, and the main problem is that military contacts have been completely cut off.
This was stated by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko to RIA Novosti.
Earlier, in the published report of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on the results of 2020, it was reported that the meeting of the NATO - Russia Council last year did not take place due to the fault of the Russian side.
"The fact is that there were no agreements regarding the holding of such Councils. Any Council should be prepared, NATO has abandoned all the preparatory structures, that is, what the Council consisted of - the working group, the preparatory committee and the Council itself at the level of ambassadors. All the elements, except for the meeting of the ambassadors, were destroyed by them, they are no longer functioning, " he said.
"The main problem today is that contacts on the military line are completely cut off. In many ways, this is the main obstacle to the political dialogue in the Council, " he stressed.
