Bloomberg: NATO Rebukes Russia Over Ukraine, `Dangerous' Armed Behavior
* U.S.-led alliance demands more Kremlin openness over war games
* First meeting in two years replays tensions of the last one
NATO scolded Russia for aggressive behavior that undermines Ukraine and magnifies the risk of accidental military confrontations elsewhere in Europe.
The first meeting of the two sides since June 2014 was conducted in the same spirit as the last one, with the U.S.-led alliance warning that Russia is tearing up the post-Cold War map and the Kremlin standing its ground.
“NATO and Russia have profound and persistent disagreements: today’s meeting did not change that,” North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters Wednesday in Brussels.
The roundtable also reflected unease inside the 28-nation alliance over ties with Russia, with France and Germany more eager than one-time Soviet-dominated states in eastern Europe to keep open the channels of communication.
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