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Prove de-escalation, NATO tells Russia

By AAP Newswire

Feb 15, 2022

Prove de-escalation, NATO tells Russia — There is still time to step back from the brink of war, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg tells Russia. -AP

NATO's chief has welcomed signals that Russia may be looking for a diplomatic solution amid a military build-up on Ukraine's border but urged Moscow to demonstrate its will to act.

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"There are signs from Moscow that diplomacy should continue. This gives grounds for cautious optimism. But so far we have not seen any sign of de-escalation on the ground from the Russian side", NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters ahead of a two-day meeting of the alliance's defence ministers in Brussels.