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Mon 06 Jun 2009Russia and Nato resume ties
NATO AND Russia took an important step towards resumption of dialogue at the weekend, agreeing to re-establish military ties and discuss greater co-operation over counter-terrorism, Afghanistan and nuclear proliferation.
In a move that marks the final break with the “no business as usual” policy imposed by the US-led alliance after last year’s Georgian war, foreign ministers from the two sides meeting in Corfu agreed to resume formal co-operation on a range of security threats.
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