means that russia cannot be threatened by anything that nato does. i want to stress, nato is not a threatening intimidating or aggressive alliance. that is not what nato does. nato has kept the peace in our continent for so long and achieved so much by being a defensive alliance. that is what nato does. and you cannot promote the indivisibility of peace in the european land mass by putting 130,000 troops on the borders of ukraine. i think there is an opportunity to talk on all the subjects that we just described. it is a very good opportunity for us to put our heads together and try to find ways of reassuring russia without compromising those fundamental principles of nato's