NATO-Russia Council

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Coat of arms of the Russian Permanent Mission to NATO

The NATO-Russia Council (abbreviation NRR ; English NATO-Russia Council ; French Conseil OTAN-Russie ) serves to improve cooperation between the NATO states and Russia in matters of defense and security policy . In 2002 the “Joint Standing NATO-Russia Council”, which had been founded five years earlier as a consultation forum, was further developed into the “NATO-Russia Council”.

history

NATO and Russia have been working together on defense and security policy issues since 1991 . In 1994 the Russian Federation became a member of the Partnership for Peace program . With the signing of the " Basic Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation " in May 1997, the cooperation was also consolidated.

The Founding Act was intended to weaken Russia's reservations about NATO's eastward expansion in the run-up to the accession of Eastern European states. The Founding Act and the NATO-Russia Council were agreed in 1997, and in 1999 Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic joined NATO.

The Founding Act established the mechanism for consultation, cooperation, joint decision-making and joint action. In order to achieve the goals of the Founding Act, a “Joint Permanent NATO-Russia Council” was set up, which was further developed into the “NATO-Russia Council” (NRC). In May 2002, Russia and 19 NATO countries signed the “Rome Declaration”, which established this new “Council of 20”. It is intended to be the most important forum for consultations, especially in times of crisis, between NATO and Russia. The “Joint Permanent Council” had a “NATO + 1 format”; Russia sent a representative with ambassadorial status to NATO. The "NATO-Russia Council" works in the "30 format"; Russia and now 29 NATO countries cooperate as "equal partners in areas of common interest". At the NATO summit in Prague in November 2002, the heads of state and government declared the following topics on areas of common interest of NATO and Russia: peacekeeping, defense reform, preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and delivery systems, arms control, air defense on the battlefield, search and rescue service, civil emergency planning , tactical missile defense and counter-terrorism.

In 2001, NATO set up an information office in the Russian capital. Russia opened a permanent mission at NATO headquarters in Brussels and SHAPE in Mons (Belgium).

Under the chairmanship of NATO Secretary General , Russia and the Alliance take decisions in the Council on the basis of consensus. The provisions give neither NATO nor Russia a right of veto over the actions of the other side. The NRC meets twice a year at the level of the foreign and defense ministers and the chiefs of staff. Military cooperation is coordinated monthly in the joint committee.

coat of arms

Description of the coat of arms : The Russian double-headed eagle holds the compass rose of the NATO flag in its claws , which in turn is lined with the colors of the Russian armed forces and St. George .

NATO-Russia Council in Military Conflicts

Kosovo conflict

As a result of the Kosovo War , Russia withdrew its representative from NATO in March 1999 and did not resume relations until February 2000.

Fight against terrorism in the Mediterranean

In December 2004, the NATO countries signed an agreement in the NATO-Russia Council under which Russia would support NATO's Active Endeavor operation. Russia placed the frigates RFS Pitliviy and RFS Ladniy under NATO command.

Caucasus conflict 2008

On August 19, 2008, against the backdrop of the Georgia conflict , the NATO foreign ministers decided to suspend the work of the NATO-Russia Council until further notice. On the same day, the establishment of a NATO Georgia Commission (“NATO Georgia Commission”) was decided to prepare Georgia for joining NATO. At the beginning of December 2008, the NATO foreign ministers spoke out in favor of resuming informal talks in the NATO-Russia Council. NATO wants to initiate “a conditional and graduated new engagement with Russia”, but relations are still tense. After the new US administration under Barack Obama had announced a new beginning of relations with Russia, the foreign ministers of the NATO countries decided in early March 2009 to resume talks at ministerial level in the NATO-Russia Council.

Ukraine conflict from 2014

In September 2014, the heads of state and government of the NATO allies decided at the NATO summit in Wales to suspend all practical military and civil cooperation between NATO and Russia due to the crisis in Ukraine in 2014 , but to keep the political communication channels open. This decision followed an agreement made by the foreign ministers of the NATO countries on April 1, 2014 to limit cooperation in the NATO-Russia Council to the diplomatic level of the ambassador.

After a two-year break, the NATO-Russia Council met again for the first time on April 20, 2016 in Brussels to arrange diplomatic progress.

Web links

Commons : Relations of NATO and Russia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Basic Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation
  2. ↑ Johannes Varwick: The NATO. From a defense alliance to a world police force? , Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-56809-1 , p. 108f.
  3. ↑ NATO.NATO-Russia-Council
  4. ^ Gunther Hauser : The NATO transformation, tasks, goals , Frankfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3631573679 , p. 105.
  5. ^ Declaration by the heads of state and government at the NATO summit in Prague on 21/22 November 2002 ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nato.diplo.de
  6. ↑ Johannes Varwick: The NATO. From a defense alliance to a world police force? , Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-56809-1 , p. 109
  7. ↑ Gunther Hauser: The NATO transformation, tasks, goals , Frankfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3631573679 , p. 165
  8. ^ Spiegel Online : Troop withdrawal from Georgia: NATO freezes relations with Russia
  9. ↑ Varinia Bernau: "An explosive liaison" ( memento of the original from August 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , sueddeutsche.de, August 20, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sueddeutsche.de
  10. ^ "NATO's relations with Georgia" ( Memento of May 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (NATO, August 28, 2008)
  11. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel : A compromise in parting from December 3, 2008.
  12. ^ Spiegel Online : West ends the Ice Age with Russia on March 5, 2009.
  13. ^ Wales Summit Declaration. Meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of the heads of state and government in Wales, Published on September 5, 2014 ( Memento of the original of June 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nato.diplo.de
  14. ↑ NZZ: NATO stops cooperation with Russia, NZZ from April 1, 2014
  15. ↑ NATO and Moscow start a conversation , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 20, 2016