 Secretary General Jen Stolzenberg says personnel at Belarus' diplomatic mission to NATO would have their access restricted at the Alliance's headquarters following the forced landing of a passenger plane by Minsk. Belarus is not a member of NATO but has had ties with the military alliance since 1992 following the fall of the Soviet Union and has maintained the diplomatic mission to NATO since 1998. Belarusian personnel can attend seminars and meetings at NATO and in NATO countries as part of the cooperation partnership that tackles issues such as arms control and military education. We have decided to restrict the access of Belarusian personnel to the NATO headquarters based on our assessment of security measures at the headquarters. We continue also what we call our dual-track approach to Russia, meaning that we are providing credible deterrence and defence but at the same time we work for meaningful dialogue with Russia. We believe in dialogue partly to strive for a better relationship with our neighbour Russia but also because even if we are not able to or even without any improved relationship with Russia it is important to manage a difficult relationship with Russia with transparency on military activities, risk reduction and also for instance there are issues like arms control. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news, please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.