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    RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER NOT ENTIRELY HAPPY AFTER TALKS WITH NATO

    ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
    2 May 06

    Moscow, 2 May: Moscow will build its relationship with NATO "depending
    on where and how the alliance's reform and expansion process proceeds
    and how international law is observed, and with account of how Russia's
    interests are observed in the context of a changing geopolitical
    situation in the world", Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today
    as he briefed President Putin on the outcome of the Russia-NATO
    Council meeting.

    The meeting was "on the whole not bad" in Lavrov's estimation,
    but he was only entirely happy with the working document adopted on
    Russia's initiative. "It was on the whole not bad, a businesslike
    working document was adopted that was drawn up on Russia's initiative
    and sums up the Council's achievements over the past four years," he
    said in reply to a question from the president, who began a session
    with the government with this issue today.

    Lavrov noted that the document "lists the [existing] accords and
    how to further improve the quality of our interaction as equals,
    and it specifies work to be done on a plan adopted earlier to fight
    terrorism".

    He elaborated that Russia and NATO will "exchange information, hold
    joint exercises and training sessions in tackling cyberterrorism, take
    joint action to improve air-defence interoperability, and strengthen
    reactions to man-made and natural disasters".

    "A number of specific moves to step up the fight against the drugs
    threat from Afghanistan are planned," Lavrov added. But he complained
    that NATO does not want to collaborate in this area with the Collective
    Security Treaty Organization. "Our counterparts are still unwilling
    to establish collaboration with the CSTO, even though we again tried
    to convince them how useful such collaboration would be," he said at
    the meeting with Putin.

    The Collective Security Treaty was signed on 15 May 1992 by Russia,
    Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. On 14 May
    2002 it was decided to change this grouping into the international
    Collective Security Treaty Organization.

    "Are you happy with the outcome?" Putin asked.

    "We're happy with the document, which makes it possible to deepen
    cooperation on an equal footing," Lavrov replied.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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