NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the leaders of the countries-members of the North Atlantic Alliance will discuss the policy and relations with Russia at the meeting in Brussels on Thursday

Axar.az reports citing UNIAN.

"Russia is on NATO's agenda always and Russia will be discussed during the meeting later on today," he told journalists ahead of the meeting of NATO Heads of State and/or Government.

"One of the reasons why we are investing more in our collective defense, why we are increasing our military presence in eastern part of the Alliance is, of course, as response to the aggressive actions of Russia we have seen in Ukraine."

"So, Russia is on NATO's agenda. We have a strong and clear message and that is that we need both credible deterrence, defense and dialogue. And that will be discussed during the meeting later on today," Stoltenberg said.