Scheffer: NATO has Frank Talks with Russia over Georgia

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on May 31, while addressing the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session in Ljubljana, Slovenia, that the alliance has ?frank discussion? with Russia over ?sensitive topics? including Georgia.

?We continue, at the same time, to intensify our relations with our special partners, Russia and Ukraine. In Vilnius last month, the Foreign Ministers of NATO and Russia signed a Status of Forces Agreement that will boost our military cooperation. On that occasion, we also had a frank discussion of several issues of common interest, including sensitive topics such as Georgia. And I am confident that same constructive spirit will prevail when I visit Moscow next month,? Scheffer said.

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