NATO SECRETARY GENERAL’S WELCOME MESSAGE

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the offcial website of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC).

As we prepare to celebrate ten years of NATO-Russia partnership, this is a good time to reflect upon how far we have come together, from a security environment in which we saw each other as potential adversaries to one in which we look increasingly for common solutions to shared risks and threats. This site will contribute to that process, by providing you with information on the structures, achievements and goals of the NATO-Russia Council...

WELCOMING ADDRESS BY S.LAVROV TO VISITORS OF THE RUSSIA - NATO COUNCIL WEB SITE

Dear visitors of the Russia - NATO Council web site,

Today, due to Internet, many of us have an opportunity to get on-line information on the activities of various international bodies. The Russia -NATO Council - a unique mechanism of our cooperation - is also connected now to the Web. The web site of the Council is designed to provide unbiased information on the work of that body built on the principles of equality and due regard for interests of each other...

The NATO-Russia Council (NRC), was established at the NATO-Russia Summit in Rome on 28 May 2002. It replaced the Permanent Joint Council (PJC), a forum for consultation and cooperation created by the 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security, which remains the formal basis for NATO-Russia relations. The (NRC) is a mechanism for consultation, consensus-building, cooperation, joint decision and joint action, in which the individual NATO member states and Russia work as equal partners on a wide spectrum of security issues of common interest...