BRUSSELS — The NATO-Russia Council discussed several topics, including the situation in and around Ukraine.
According to the NATO website, the meeting took place in Brussels on May 31.
“The NATO-Russia Council had an open exchange on several topics, including the situation in and around Ukraine, issues related to military activities, transparency and risk reduction, as well as asymmetric techniques as aspects of doctrine and strategy.
NATO and Russia both briefed on major upcoming exercises. NATO didn’t provide any other details of the first council meeting in 2018.
Practical cooperation between NATO and Russia was suspended in 2014 because of Moscow’s war against Ukraine, during which the Kremlin seized Crimea and parts of the eastern Donbas in Ukraine. The war has killed more than 10,300 people. Russia and NATO maintain open military-to-military lines of communication.
Three meetings of the NATO-Russia Council took place in 2016 and three in 2017.
