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RFE\RL: NATO-Russia council holds first session this year as tension persists

Published March 30, 2017 at 2:13 pm

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks at a Feb. 15 press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

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BRUSSELS — Ambassadors from NATO nations and Russia gathered at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels for the first NATO-Russia Council session of 2017.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the talks on March 30 would focus on issues including the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the security situation in Afghanistan, and the “regional terrorist threat.”