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Tue 08 Aug 2009Relations with Russia a priority, says Rasmussen
THE NEW Nato secretary general yesterday called for a “strategic partnership” with Russia a year after the Kremlin’s war in Georgia triggered the worst tension between Moscow and the West for nearly 20 years.
In his first public appearance since he took up the post, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former Danish prime minister, said good relations with Russia were a priority during his five-year tenure.
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