NATO Chief Refuses to Rule Out Expansion because it Spreads ‘Democracy’ – Seeks Further Dialogue with Russia

NATO Chief Refuses to Rule Out Expansion because it Spreads ‘Democracy’ – Seeks Further Dialogue with Russia

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has met with the press after 4 hours of talks with the Russian security delegation in Brussels, revealing:

Russia has not yet accepted NATO’s offer to hold a series of broad security consultations

NATO is ready for both sides to reopen respective offices in Moscow & Brussels without preconditions

NATO added the alliance’s collective defense guarantees do not apply to Kiev – but Russia has no right to veto it joining.

NATO considers it untrue that expansion is aggressive act because it spreads “democracy”