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November 22, 2002



First Russia-NATO Council Session to Open

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov flew to Brussels Wednesday evening for Thursday's first session of the new NATO-Russian Council.   

Russia and 19 NATO member states signed a document to create a new NATO-Russian Council at last week's summit in Rome, Italy. Thenew council will have Russia and NATO jointly tackling such issuesas crisis management, peacekeeping, search-and-rescue operation and joint exercises.   

The session, held at the level of defense ministers, is expected to discuss the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the fight against international terrorism, and ways to deal with new challenges and threats.   

The minister will also hold a series of bilateral meetings on the sideline of the session, including that with NATO Secretary General George Robertson and US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

(Xinhua News Agency June 6, 2002)

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