“NATO remains open to dialogue with Russia on risk reduction and military transparency, so in February we invited the Russian side to hold a new meeting of the Russia-NATO Council. Unfortunately, Russia did not show interest in holding this meeting, ”TASS quoted her as saying.

She also noted that a number of NATO military maneuvers were canceled, or the order of their conduct was revised in connection with the coronavirus pandemic.

Earlier it was reported that NATO considers it necessary to study “Russian activity” and its channels in the Western Balkan media space because Russia allegedly sees an opportunity in the Western Balkans to “shake” the positions of the EU and the North Atlantic Alliance, taking advantage of the weaknesses of countries in this region.