DHAKA: Nato defence ministers are due to discuss for the first time the long-term security implications of Russian actions over Ukraine.

The talks in Brussels will also focus on what action Nato member states should take in response, says BBC report. 

Relations between Nato and Moscow plummeted after Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula in March.

On Monday, Russia's envoy to the bloc threatened to end a long-standing co-operation treaty with Nato.

Officials said there had been a "frank exchange of views" with the Russian Ambassador to Nato, Alexander Grushko, on Monday. 

Nato member states "repeated their very strong and clear position on the illegal and illegitimate annexation" of Crimea, alliance spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said.

"They made clear that they would not recognize it, they commended the elections in Ukraine as a clear vote for the unity of Ukraine and called on Russia to engage constructively with the newly elected president," she said.

BDST: 0930 HRS, JUN 03, 2014