NATO, Russia agree to resume formal cooperation

September 18th, 2009 BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Friday called for a new beginning in NATO-Russia relations and conducting a joint review of new security challenges. "A time-out may have been useful to rethink our relationship.

September 2nd, 2009 ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) are exploring joint initiatives under the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) launched in 2004 to promote long-term global and regional security, WAM news agency reported. Towards this, a meeting was held between UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Mohammed Gargash and ICI head Nicola de Santis.

August 11th, 2009 NATO chief calls for closer ties with RussiaBRUSSELS — NATO's new Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called Tuesday for a closer strategic partnership with Russia to tackle common security challenges. During a meeting with Russia's envoy to the alliance, Fogh Rasmussen said the NATO-Russia Council — a panel formed in 2004 to improve ties between the Cold War rivals — should become a forum for cooperation on strategic issues, deputy spokeswoman Carmen Romero said.

August 11th, 2009 NATO chief calls for closer ties with RussiaBRUSSELS — NATO's new Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called Tuesday for a closer strategic partnership with Russia to tackle common security challenges. During a meeting with Russia's envoy to the alliance, Fogh Rasmussen said the NATO-Russia Council — a panel formed in 2004 to improve ties between the Cold War rivals — should become a forum for cooperation on strategic issues, deputy spokeswoman Carmen Romero said.

August 3rd, 2009 BRUSSELS - NATO welcomed its 12th secretary general Monday as Denmark's former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen arrived for his first day in the organisation's top job. At a low-key ceremony under the flags of the alliance's 28 members, 56-year-old Rasmussen was welcomed to NATO by his deputy, Claudio Bisogniero, the head of the alliance's military committee, Admiral Giampaolo di Paola, and a handful of alliance staff.

August 3rd, 2009 BRUSSELS - Operations in Afghanistan and relations with Russia and the states of the Mediterranean will be NATO's top priorities over the next four years, the alliance's new secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday. "I want to see NATO reach its full potential as a pillar of global security," Rasmussen told journalists at his first press conference in his new role.

July 22nd, 2009 NATO, Russia consider ways to boost cooperationBRUSSELS — Diplomats from NATO and Russia met on Wednesday to discuss ways of cooperating in the battle against pirates off Somalia and supplying alliance forces fighting in Afghanistan. Russian ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said Russia wanted to set up an international criminal court to try captured Somali pirates, rather than prosecuting them in local courts in countries such as Kenya.

July 6th, 2009 US, Russia agree to resume military cooperationMOSCOW — The United States and Russia say they are resuming military cooperation suspended after Russia invaded its smaller neighbor Georgia last year. The expected announcement came Monday, as President Barack Obama and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) met for their first summit in Moscow.

June 27th, 2009 NATO and Russia resume military tiesCORFU, Greece — NATO and Russia agreed to resume military ties Saturday in their first high-level meeting since Russia's war with Georgia disrupted their relations 10 months ago. NATO's outgoing Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer announced that the so-called NATO-Russia Council, a panel set up in 2002 to improve ties between the former Cold War rivals, was operational again.

June 27th, 2009 CORFU - NATO and Russia have agreed to resume thier military ties that have been frozen after the war in Georgia last year, officials said Saturday. "We restarted our relations at political level.

June 27th, 2009 NATO and Russia expected to resume military tiesCORFU, Greece — NATO and Russia are set to resume military ties Saturday and agree to cooperate on Afghanistan, counterterrorism and anti-piracy patrols at their first high-level meeting since last year's war between Russia and Georgia, Western officials said. Relations between the alliance and the Russian military were frozen in the aftermath of the five-day war last August.

June 26th, 2009 NATO-Russia foreign ministers to open meetingCORFU, Greece — NATO and Russia are likely to resume formal military ties Saturday at their first high-level meeting since last year's war between Russia and Georgia. Relations between the alliance and the Russian military were frozen in the aftermath of that conflict.

June 16th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi today said that the most sensible thing would be to resume dialogue with India as soon as possible. As the leaders of India and Pakistan met for the first time since the Mumbai terror attacks took place on November 26 last year, the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Asif Ali Zardari is seen as a start in allowing both countries to repair relations.

April 29th, 2009 NATO resumes formal contacts with RussiaBRUSSELS — NATO and Russia resumed formal contacts Wednesday, eight months after they were suspended because of last year's war with Georgia, officials said. The talks were held within the framework of the NATO-Russia Council, a panel set up in 2002 to improve relations between the former Cold War foes.

April 4th, 2009 Baden-BADEN - NATO leaders failed to agree on the appointment of Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the alliance's next secretary general during dinner talks in the German city of Baden-Baden, officials said Friday. Rasmussen, 56, had been tipped as the frontrunner to replace the current NATO chief, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, when the Dutchman steps down at the end of July.