The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told Madeleine Albright that Moscow appreciates NATO’s interest in Russia’s stance on the alliance’s new strategic concept. →
Russia ’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and NATO’s Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen have confirmed readiness to enhance political dialogue and bilateral cooperation. Lavrov and Rasmussen discussed the security issue on Saturday after Lavrov’s report to the Security Conference in Munich. →
Security in Afghanistan will be transferred to local authorities beginning from this year, NATO Secretary the General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated at an informal meeting of Defense Ministers of NATO member states in Istanbul. He said that this year will be difficult due to more armed conflicts with militants. →
NATO believes the year 2010 in Afghanistan will see intensified fighting but also the start of a programme to hand over security control to the Afghans. Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was speaking about this at an informal gathering of NATO defence ministers in Istanbul Friday. He also said NATO must secure a terror-free future for Afghanistan. →
The NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has suggested that a number of Muslim countries should consider the possibility of sending their troops to Afghanistan →
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has paid his first official visit to Russia. After taking office in August, Mr. Rasmussen is extensively travelling far and wide. In fact, it’s his duty. At present, NATO embraces almost 30 countries and several others are making bids to join the alliance. →
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said he hopes that by 2020 Russia and NATO will create a joint system of anti-missile defense. Speaking in Moscow's State Institute of the International relations he said that the joint anti missile system will prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and bind Russia and NATO politically. →
The Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressed the Russian people during his final press-conference in Moscow and said that NATO doesn't treat Russia as an enemy and has no plans against it. Anders Fogh Rasmussen came in as chief of the alliance this August, when relations with Russia were very tense. →
Russia suggested to NATO that they should carry out analysis of existing and potential threats and continue negotiations on the issues they still fail to agree on, Russian Security Council Secretary, Nikolai Patrushev, said during the meeting with NATO`s Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Moscow on Thursday. →
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for full-fledged cooperation between the alliance and Russia, embracing all spheres of common security. Meeting with the Russian State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov in Moscow on Thursday, he said he hoped his visit would open up a new chapter in NATO-Russian relations. →
NATO poses no threat to Russia, the organization’s Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said during a press-conference in Moscow. Mr. Rasmussen arrived in Russia for a three-day visit to discuss a wide range of security issues, including Georgia’s bid to join the alliance and NATO`s eastward expansion plans. →
Russia ’s proposal for a new European security pact is hardly topical, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at a press conference in Moscow on Thursday. There are already many documents in this sphere and a new one is unnecessary, he said. →
NATO expects Russia to export its helicopters, weapons and fuel to Afghanistan and also train police personnel in the region since the coalition forces fail to provide Afghans with necessary equipment, the alliance’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told the Echo Moskvy radio Wednesday following his talks with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. →
Russia will consider NATO’s request for help to win the war against Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after meeting in Moscow with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen that NATO is asking Russia to provide helicopters and help train pilots, police forces and drug control experts. →
A North Atlantic Treaty Organization delegation headed by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is on a working visit to Russia. Mr. Rasmussen plans to meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. →
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that Russia and NATO are reaching a new level of relations. He was speaking during a reception honouring NATO’s Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in the Moscow Kremlin today. Our relations, Medvedev said, have lived through various stages, ranging from the Cold War to the current partnership ties. →
Meeting with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Moscow on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned not to overdramatize the existing differences between NATO and Russia, both of which currently signal readiness to repair relations. →
The NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is in Moscow on a visit. Today he is scheduled to have talks with the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the speaker of the upper house of the Russian Parliament, - the Council of the Federation, Sergei Mironov. →
President Dmitry Medvedev and NATO Chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen will meet in Moscow Wednesday to discuss NATO-Russia cooperation, Afghanistan, Iran, and European security. Other issues will include fighting terrorism, drug-trafficking, piracy, and dealing with the aftermath of natural and man-made disasters, a source in the Kremlin said. →
On NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s visit to Moscow →