“We welcome the discussion of options for increasing the transparency of military exercises and see opportunities to reduce the risks associated with military exercises,” RIA Novosti quotes Sherman.

She also added that the US had already proposed a number of possible ways to move this issue forward in the context of the modernization of the Vienna Document.

Earlier, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell announced the EU's readiness for dialogue with Russia without compromising European values.

Prior to this, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on Moscow and Minsk to be transparent when conducting military exercises on their territories.