NATO, Russia diplomats in rare talks look to ease tensions

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Source: Associated Press

December 19 at 6:39 AM

BRUSSELS — NATO and Russia ambassadors are meeting in a fresh attempt to improve relations, which have sunk to their lowest ebb since the Cold War.

The diplomats met in Brussels Monday for the third time this year, with the military alliance insisting on talking about the conflict in Ukraine and Russia’s role there.

The U.S.-led alliance also wants to discuss ways to avoid incidents and accidents between Russian and NATO forces.

Russia has annoyed NATO with snap war games or by buzzing the alliance’s ships and aircraft with fighter jets, as well as what NATO sees as aggressive use of propaganda.

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[cstanleytech]

1. IF Russia truly means this then the simplest way would be to

stop its invasion of the Urkaine and withdraw its troops back to its legally leased land on the Crimean Peninsula and let the Ukrainian government have the rest of it back.
I doubt they will though as they probably want the land to use build refineries and pipelines for oil and gas.