NATO sees no signs of Russian troops' withdrawal from Ukrainian border for now

NATO does not see for now any signs of the Russian troops' withdrawal from the Ukrainian border, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at a news conference in Brussels on Monday.

Rasmussen said that if the withdrawal of the Russian forces occurs, he would be the first to welcome such a development.

NATO has taken a double approach – on the one hand, the Alliance has suspended almost all cooperation with Russia, on the other hand, it has decided to leave a channel open for political and diplomatic dialogue in the framework of Russia-NATO Council, Rasmussen said.