NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has scheduled a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council for January 12, a North Atlantic Alliance official said today.
"Any dialogue with Russia must be conducted on the principle of reciprocity, to address NATO's concerns about Russia's actions, and be conducted in consultation with European partners," the same official said regarding the crisis in Ukraine.
Tensions between Russia and NATO members over the crisis in Ukraine have increased in recent weeks.
US and Russian presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke twice in December.
In early December, they held a virtual meeting at a time when, according to intelligence estimates and satellite imagery, about 70,000 troops were deployed on the Russian side of the border with Ukraine.
However, US intelligence estimates that Putin plans to deploy up to 175,000 troops.
Moscow has caused concern in the West by deploying thousands of troops to the border with Ukraine over the past two months.
While Western allies raised the possibility of Russian involvement in Ukraine, Russian authorities firmly rejected these claims, stating that they can deploy troops on their territory at their discretion, Voice of America reported.
Also in the middle of the month, Moscow presented a list of security proposals it seeks to negotiate, including a promise that NATO will give up military activities in Eastern Europe and Ukraine.
The American leader, as announced by an unnamed senior administration official, will advocate a diplomatic solution to the increasingly tense situation on the border between Russia and Ukraine.
"We are ready for diplomacy and the diplomatic path forward. However, we are also prepared to respond if Russia carries out plans to invade Ukraine," an administration official told reporters.
The two leaders spoke at Putin's request, ahead of high-level security talks between US and Russian officials on January 10, 2022, in Geneva.
Biden and Putin are not expected to attend the meeting.
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