MOSCOW DOES NOT DRAMATIZE DISAGREEMENTS WITH NATO
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
16.12.2009 15:42 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Moscow does not dramatize disagreements with
NATO and hopes for reciprocity in resolving the remaining problems,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during the talks with
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fog Rasmussen on Wednesday, Itar-Tass
reported.
"I’d like to note that Russia and NATO seek to normalize relations
and bring them to a new level," the minister said. "We praise the
NATO Secretary-General’s personal contribution to ensuring the NRC
ministerial meeting of December 4. The ministers approved important
documents that revealed the commonness of positions on the issues,
which should be solved jointly."
"We intend to implement the December 4 agreements," he added.
Russia and NATO have disagreements "on the issues on which our
positions diverge". "We do not dramatize the situation, but we
intend to solve these problems," Lavrov stressed. "Moreover we want
to systematically resolve the remaining problems. To this end, it is
necessary to take a very easy step – to comply with the principles
of the Russia-NATO Council. I hope for reciprocity," the minister said.
Rasmussen said the purpose of his visit to Moscow was to confirm NATO’
s interest in building genuine partnership with Russia. "The parties
may have disagreements in different fields, but they should not
prevail common interests," he said. "NATO’s goal is to successfully
develop practical cooperation in the directions where the parties
face common threats and challenges."
According to him, "this autumn opened a new era in Russian-NATO
relationship."