Europe

Home page

Europe

NATO, Russia agree on military cooperation

26 January 2010 22:43 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ziya Agazade â€“ APA. Russian and NATO chiefs of staff approved Tuesday a framework military cooperation treaty, a NATO official said.

According to APA citing â€œRia Novostiâ€, he described it as "a very important step" toward the restoration of military ties between Russia and NATO frozen after a brief Russian-Georgian war in August 2008.

He added that Russian and NATO officials would meet again in May to finalize the plan and discuss further cooperation.

The cooperation plan for the current year reportedly includes Russia’s support for the U.S.-led military operation in Afghanistan, specifically military transit via Russian airspace, as well as joint anti-piracy and antiterrorism efforts.

Russian and NATO top military officials met in Brussels, formally resuming the work of the Russia-NATO Council.