NATO to review ties with Russia at March ministerial meeting

BRUSSELS, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - The issue of restoring NATO-Russia relations will be considered during a meeting of alliance foreign ministers in Brussels in March, NATO spokesman James Appathurai said on Wednesday.

Apparthurai said that there could be one or several informal NATO-Russian Council meetings held at the ambassador level before the foreign ministers of the 26 NATO member-states gather in March. He added that NATO would like to renew its cooperation with Russia.

NATO-Russia relations were suspended after Russia's conflict with Georgia over South Ossetia in August.