Lavrov due to meet with NATO chief in Brussels on Tuesday
MOSCOW. Jan 28 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to meet with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"Lavrov's meeting with A. Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels is scheduled for January 28," the Ministry's Department of Information and Press told Interfax.
"The parties will discuss the problematic issues and prospects for the Russia-NATO relationship. Lavrov will draw the NATO secretary general's particular attention to the need to put into practice the joint decisions to form a joint space of peace, security and stability in the Euro-Atlantic region," the foreign ministry said.
"The Russian side will emphasize the importance of continuing the search for solutions on the missile defense issue, boosting confidence and predictability in military and political affairs, progressive growth of cooperation in responding to shared risks and security threats - terrorism, piracy, natural and man-made disasters, as well as on Afghanistan," the Foreign Ministry said.
"There will be an exchange of opinions on the pressing topics of the international agenda, in particular on the possibilities of assisting the UN/OPCW (United Nations/Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) in the elimination of chemical weapons," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.