NATO head urges closer ties with Russia
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NATO called for closer ties with Russia on Friday, a day after British warplanes scrambled to intercept Russian bombers on patrol, and said it was up to the Kremlin to spell out whether it had a "different view".
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Russia and NATO states on Wednesday  struggled to find common ground to resolve a row over a  European arms pact, snagged over Moscow&#39;s refusal to close  bases in the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Moldova.
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Russia warns Nato it could freeze participation in Europe's arms control pact, after talks end in deadlock.
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Bush says he wants to strengthen ties with Russia, as democracy  monitors say the country is "not free".
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NATO said on Monday it was very concerned at Russia's decision to suspend participation in a landmark treaty limiting armed forces in post-Cold War Europe amid growing tension over a U.S. missile shield.
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France wants its NATO partners to set up a "contact group" to review and reorganize the alliance's mission in Afghanistan, President Jacques Chirac said in remarks released on Nov.Comment
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Ukraine's incorporation into the EU would be a more positive factor than NATO expansion, Russia President Vladimir Putin said at a press-conference after the talks with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis ...
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NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Friday that the alliance wants "a solid, trustful" relationship with Russia and it is up to Moscow to clarify whether it wants the same.
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President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged the United States to begin negotiations on a new weapons treaty to replace the key START agreement that expires in 2009.
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President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing a nationalist politician as Russia's permanent representative to NATO, a source close to the situation told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates will press NATO nations on Thursday to provide military and police trainers for Afghanistan and also plans to express interest in Russia's offer to cooperate on missile defense.
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Russia on Friday denounced moves by NATO  to forge closer ties with Georgia, saying any eventual  membership of the Western alliance by the ex-Soviet state would  seriously threaten Russia's interests.
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Germany's defense minister on Friday urged more talks within NATO on the U.S. plan to locate elements of an anti-missile shield in Europe which has raised tensions between Russia and the United States.
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Russia and the United States  must take leadership in discussions on a new international arms  regime, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said  on Sunday.
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The European Union must establish a relationship of trust with Russia in defense matters, French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie argued Sept.
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Russia on Monday requested an emergency conference to discuss an arms control pact after accusing NATO nations of ignoring the deal negotiated in the months after the Cold War ended.
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President Vladimir Putin criticized the United States and NATO on Friday for military expansion toward Russia's borders and said Moscow would respond by modernizing its military and weapons systems.