When asked about Russia-NATO partnership prospects in the Barents Sea and elsewhere in the European Arctic region, he said there prospects were brilliant in a great many fields. In the military sphere, for one, it can be joint exercises and other teamwork of the NATO and the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet.
NATO studies of the latest threats and challenges are getting ever more profound to open new vistas of its alliance with Russia. In particular, it concerns border guard, the anti-terror cause and combat against drug trafficking.
The diplomat pointed out long-established Russia-NATO team efforts to utilise discarded nuclear submarines, and step up nuclear project safety.
He regrets Russia's insufficient dynamism in that and other partnership fields. The dialogue is blatantly out of balance. Whatever teamwork initiatives there are have come from NATO, the ambassador said with reference to his own firsthand experience. He called Russia to come up with initiatives of its own.
