Moscow is ready to discuss ways to reduce tensions in the Baltic Sea at the Russia-NATO Council and bilaterally with the countries of the region, director of the Second European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Belyaev said.
“We invariably emphasize our readiness to discuss ways to reduce tensions in the Baltic region both in the format of the Russia-NATO Council and bilaterally with all interested countries”, – he said.
In recent years, Russia has been claiming unprecedented NATO activity at its western borders. NATO is expanding its initiative and calls it “deterring Russian aggression”. Moscow has repeatedly expressed concern about the buildup of alliance forces in Europe. A spokesman for Russian President Dmitry Peskov said earlier that Russia poses no threat to anyone, but will not disregard actions that are potentially dangerous to its interests.