The future strategy for NATO's relations with Russia will be adopted during the alliance's June summit in Madrid, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said at a press conference in Berlin..

Answering a journalist's question whether there are any chances in the future for the continuation of the implementation of the Russia-NATO founding act, Blinken noted that the alliance is now developing a different concept of interaction with the Russian Federation.

“Many of these issues will be fully discussed and discussed in detail at the NATO summit in Madrid in June.. And much of the work that we have done today has been to promote that summit and the work that the leaders will see through, including the Strategic Concept.. So I don't want to go into any details about it.; everything adds up as we talk. There have been very positive and significant inputs to this development process in the last few days and I would say that we discussed it very well,” he added..

Blinken recalled that NATO and the Strategic Concept are based on the concept of defense and deterrence, including protection against any aggression from Russia..

“I can say with confidence that this will be fully reflected in the Strategic Concept. Also, let me leave it to the leaders at the summit to elaborate on how the Alliance sees its relationship with Russia.. I think that this will be something that will be fully voiced at the summit in Madrid,” said the US Secretary of State.

He noted that, despite the protests of Russia, Sweden and Finland are likely to become full members of the alliance soon..

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