NATO’s Stoltenberg says message to Russia is “we want dialogue”

Rinkevics said that improved relations between the USA and Russian Federation, one of Trump’s stated goals during the campaign, “is not necessarily a bad thing for us”.

“It is a very normal thing that President-elect Donald Trump speaks to leaders, including of course the leader of Russia”, Stoltenberg said ahead of talks with European Union defense ministers in Brussels.

Mr Murphy said that the comments from London were “unfortunate”. Markets move. National security issues require a level of precision in order to make sure that you don’t make mistakes.

“It’s been clear now that since the summer the United Kingdom is going in a different direction”, said Mr Murphy.

Witold Waszczykowski spoke following informal dinner talks that European Union foreign ministers held Sunday in Brussels to discuss prospects for trans-Atlantic ties under Trump.

“In my conversation with the president-elect, he expressed a great interest in maintaining our strategic relationships. This is no time to question the value of the partnership between Europe and the United States”, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg wrote in Britain’s Observer newspaper.

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also told Interfax news agency last week that there were contacts between Russian Federation and “influential people” in Trump’s circle prior to the US presidential election.

“We’re going to have to see what positions the new administration takes in coming months”, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said after the meeting ended.

“It is not about these things, but it is about providing the capabilities, the funding the tools”, to having the existent facilities work better.

Coincidentally, Nov 11 was the 98th anniversary of the end of World War I (1914-18), with Europeans once vowing to establish permanent peace in the world, and Nov 13, marked the first anniversary of the bloody terrorist attacks in Paris.

President Barack Obama welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House Thursday for a private meeting in the Oval Office.

He played down the newly elected President’s campaign warning that they should not expect protection from North Atlantic Treaty Organisation if they do not meet defence spending targets.

“And I am certain that he will be a President”. In Putin’s call with Trump both men agreed “to normalize relations and pursue constructive cooperation on the broadest possible range of issues”, according to a statement from the Kremlin.

But there have been suggestions the EDA could become the European equivalent of the Pentagon – the headquarters of the United States Department of Defence. They need to take stock of US President Barack Obama’s legacy and examine how the European Union has contributed to it.

People want to see borders – and here we can recall Carl Schmitt with his theory whereby modern liberal States have scarce “political” awareness because they have too much fluid borders.

Therefore Italy will be relegated to an even smaller role than the current one, because a substantial share of costs shall be paid for the military engagement in the Alliance.

His message was echoed by German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen who said she was also concerned about Russia’s military activities in eastern Ukraine and Syria.