The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) has discussed ways to reduce tensions and prevent dangerous incidents, the Russian mission to the alliance said following the council’s meeting. The members of the NRC presented in Brussels “their assessments of the factors affecting the situation in the field of military security in the Euro-Atlantic region, discussed the ways to reduce current tensions and prevent dangerous incidents,” according to the statement. It added that “the sides exchanged briefings on the upcoming significant exercises of the armed forces of NATO member states and Russia this year,” TASS reported.