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(BBC News) Relations with Russia at worst since Cold War - Stoltenberg
Asked whether Nato is assuming that we are entering a second Cold War, Stoltenberg says Nato has strived for better relations with Russia for decades.
He says Russia was invited to participate in many activities, and considered a strategic partner of Nato in 2010, but "it's Russia that walked away" from attempts to build partnership. It has done that with a pattern of behaviour - using force against Georgia, annexing Crimea and using force in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine from 2014, he says.
Nato's relationship with Russia is at the lowest level since the end of the Cold War, he says, but there is no doubt that the responsibility for that is from Russia.
He says Nato members and other like-minded countries want to reach out to countries that are "not as like-minded", but "we can't be naive" and there is a need to ensure there's no risk of any military action against a Nato country.
Asked whether Nato is assuming that we are entering a second Cold War, Stoltenberg says Nato has strived for better relations with Russia for decades.
He says Russia was invited to participate in many activities, and considered a strategic partner of Nato in 2010, but "it's Russia that walked away" from attempts to build partnership. It has done that with a pattern of behaviour - using force against Georgia, annexing Crimea and using force in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine from 2014, he says.
Nato's relationship with Russia is at the lowest level since the end of the Cold War, he says, but there is no doubt that the responsibility for that is from Russia.
He says Nato members and other like-minded countries want to reach out to countries that are "not as like-minded", but "we can't be naive" and there is a need to ensure there's no risk of any military action against a Nato country.
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