Russia–NATO relations

NATO foreign ministers showed support for strengthening the military alliance by the end of the decade, the NATO chief said on March 23.

"I sense a significant support for a bold and ambitious NATO 2030 agenda," Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told journalists following the first day of the NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.

The top US diplomat had an online meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on March 9 called Turkey "extremely important," saying the alliance is a platform to address differences and disagreements.  

European flanks are defended by non-EU countries, the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. in the north and Turkey in the south, according to the NATO secretary-general.

Russia, China, terrorism, cyber attacks and climate change are the main threats facing NATO and the European Union, said Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg in his doorstep statement before the video summit of the 27 EU member states in Brussels.

NATO is boosting its presence in the Black Sea, the organization's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal. The alliance attributed this move to the allegedly growing Russian threat. Kiev and NATO plan to hold joint military drills in Odessa this year, Izvestia writes.

Any possible implications of the U.S. sanctions against Turkey over its procurement of the Russian-made S-400 air defense systems on the bilateral cooperation of British and Turkish defense industries will be clear after the new U.S.

The NATO chief on Dec. 15 urged allies to find a "positive solution" after the U.S. decided to impose sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense systems.

Speaking ahead of a European Union summit Thursday set to decide on further sanctions against Turkey over its actions in the Eastern Mediterranean, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urged the bloc's leaders not to forget the country's importance to the transatlantic alliance and the West at large.

Ahead of a key EU leaders' summit, the head of NATO on Dec. 10 urged EU countries not to forget Turkey's importance to the alliance and the West and to seek out "positive approaches."