NATO chief calls on Russia to clarify state of ‘partnership’

September 8, 2007 – 2:00 am

GENEVA (AFP) - NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Friday said Russia should “clarify” its relationship with the alliance, underlining the strategic importance of the “partnership” with Moscow despite growing tensions.
“For us, a solid, trustful NATO-Russia relationship remains a long term investment in European, and indeed global, security,” de Hoop Scheffer said at a conference on global security here.
“It is up to Russia to clarify whether she holds a different view….
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