Hurdles remain in Russia-NATO cooperation | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) – Italian Admiral Giampaolo di Paola, the current Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, met with General Nikolai Makarov, Chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, in Brussels and announced after the meeting that Russia was going to help NATO in Afghanistan.
General Makarov’s visit is a logical continuation of resumed Russia-NATO relations. Russian and NATO Foreign Ministers have already met on Corfu Island, Greece. Moreover, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has paid a visit to Moscow.”