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Moscow ties at post-cold War ‘low’ after diplomatic spat: NATO chief

BRUSSELS (DPA), 21 OCT, 2021-NATO

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg acknowledged on Thursday that relations with Russia had hit a “low point” after a fresh showdown that saw Kremlin envoys to the alliance stripped of accreditation and NATO’S office in Moscow set for shuttering.

“It has not been more difficult since the end of the Cold War,” Stoltenberg said at defence ministers talks in Brussels.

The diplomats in Brussels were undeclared Russian intelligent officers, NATO said, leaving open what exactly they had allegedly done but pointing to a sustained pattern of disruptive activities. In response, Russia said it would suspend Moscow’s NATO representation since the alliance clearly didn’t want dialogue.

Stoltenberg said he regretted Moscow’s decision, but stressed there were still “avenues and channels for communication.”

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