She stressed that Moscow does not withdraw from the dialogue with the alliance and is ready for a real discussion of the issues of de-escalation and prevention of incidents.

“But without the involvement of military experts, negotiations on these topics are practically meaningless.

And Mr. Stoltenberg is well aware of this, ”the diplomat wrote on her Telegram channel.

Thus, Zakharova commented on the words of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in an interview with the newspaper Die Welt about the proposal to resume meetings within the NATO-Russia Council.

According to him, the Russian government was invited to a new meeting more than a year ago, but there was no positive response.