“An extraordinary virtual meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be held via VTC on Friday 7 January 2022. NATO Foreign Ministers will discuss Russia’s military build-up in and around Ukraine and broader European security issues,” the alliance said in a statement.

The meeting, which will be chaired by the NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, will start on Friday at 14h00.

Stoltenberg is expected to brief the press after the meeting at +16:15 (TBC). (ILKHA)