BRUSSELS, February 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and NATO
are pleased with the pace that relations are progressing within
the Russia-NATO Council, frozen after last August's war with
Georgia, the Russian envoy to NATO said on Thursday.
"The sides have confirmed their satisfaction with the pace
in re-establishing the work of the Russia-NATO Council," Dmitry
Rogozin said after talks with NATO Secretary General Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer.
He added that his dialogue with the UN secretary general,
which "constitutes a very important avenue" in harmonizing the
parties' interests and positions, "has been restored in full."
The Russian envoy said he and Scheffer had agreed to meet
again in a week "to clarify a number of points," specifically
on South Ossetia, where their positions still differed.
Rogozin took part in an informal meeting of the
NATO-Russia Council in Brussels on Wednesday - the second
meeting between the Russian representative and 26 NATO envoys
since ties were frozen following the Russia-Georgia conflict.
The Russian envoy also said on Wednesday that Scheffer had
been invited to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization
summit in Moscow on March 27, which would discuss, among other
things, the situation in Afghanistan and its influence on
neighboring countries.
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