Russia
Russia, NATO pledge warmer ties at Moscow talks
Source | Reuters
MOSCOW | 03 Nov 2010
Russia pledged on Wednesday to boost cooperation with NATO in Afghanistan and consider a joint missile defense shield, offering signs of better ties with its Cold War foes during a visit by the alliance’s chief.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin to iron out a new bilateral agreement to be signed at a summit of the 28-nation alliance in Lisbon on Nov. 19-20.
Japan warns Russia against visits to disputed isles
Source | Reuters
TOKYO | 03 Nov 2010
Japan warned Moscow on Wednesday against more visits to rocky islands claimed by both countries, Kyodo news agency reported, after Russia’s president stopped off in one of the isles this week, sparking a diplomatic row.
Russia seeks to limit new NATO members
Source : David Nowak | AP
MOSCOW 28 Oct 2010
Russia is demanding that a new cooperation agreement with NATO limit the number of troops that can be based in new member states in Central Europe, a leading Russian newspaper reported Wednesday.
Russia and the alliance appear to be courting more constructive ties after years of acrimony over US missiles in Europe, the possible expansion of NATO toward Russian borders, and the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.
Russia, Germany, France hope for EU visa talks progress
Source | RIA Novosti
DEAUVILLE : France | 19 Oct 2010
The leaders of Russia, Germany and France on Tuesday issued a joint statement which paves the way for a visa-free regime between Russia and the European Union.
Dmitry Medvedev, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy expressed the hope that the Russia-EU summit in December would see progress in bilateral talks on scrapping visas.
"We will work with Russia in the atmosphere of trust... especially on the issue of visas," Sarkozy told a press conference after talks with Medvedev and Merkel. "We will move gradually."
