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James Appathurai: This time, NATO wonâ€™t begin early cooperation with Russia, like after Georgian war

12 December 2014 12:16 (UTC +04:00)

This was stated by James Appathurai, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, APA reports.

According to him, the Ukrainian crisis shows that Russia can enforce its laws in the places where Russian-speaking population or ethnic Russians or those who have a Russian passport live or in the places that are considered to be Russia’s historical lands:

“As you can see, our practical cooperation with Russian has frozen, but there are conditions for political dialogue. Our position after the Georgian War in 2008 was just like this. The only difference is that the alliance now sees Russia’s actions are built upon the same model. The Alliance saw Georgia, Moldova, and now Ukraine, and understands that it’s a strategy. This time, NATO won’t begin early cooperation with Russia, like it did after the Georgian war. I don’t know how far Russia-NATO relations would go. To restore relations with Russia, this country has to comply with international law,” he added.