NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmusses said the Alliance failed to establish partnership with Russia.

He noted that they have tried long and hard to build a partnership with Russia. In a way that respects Russia’s security concerns, and based on international rules and norms.

“Regrettably, Russia has rejected our efforts to engage.  Instead, Russia considers NATO, and the West more broadly, as an adversary,” Rasmussen said during his speech at Carnegie Europe.