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MOSCOW, March 31 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti. NATO and Russia will resume their former cooperation when Moscow "will act in accordance with international law," said the head of the military committee of the North Atlantic alliance, General Peter Pavel.

"We want to avoid confrontation, but we can not ignore the way Russia violates international norms." It's impossible to return to classical cooperation until Russia acts in accordance with international law, "the Czech military edition Aktualne reports.

According to the general, NATO is interested in constructing a constructive dialogue with Russia, but the situation was greatly complicated due to the poisoning of the former GRU officer and British spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia. However, Pavel did not directly accuse the Russian side of the involvement of the incident and expressed confidence that the perpetrators of the attack would be found.

However, the general noted that, despite the difficulties in the relations between the bloc and Moscow, contacts are still maintained. So, in September last year, Pavel met with the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Valery Gerasimov, who is also negotiating with the Supreme Commander of the United Armed Forces of NATO, Curtis Scaparotti.

On March 4, the British spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia were poisoned. The British side claims that Russia is involved in the poisoning of the Violins with substance A234, Moscow categorically denies it and already takes retaliatory measures.

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