Nato and Russia should link their missile defence systems and work together to meet the security challenges of the 21st century such as a nuclear Iran, Nato's new secretary-general declared today in his first significant policy speech. Both sides had unrealistic expectations of each other after the end of the Cold War, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, calling for them to put behind them the suspicions of the past and carry out a joint review to serve as a basis for future cooperation to fight terrorism, piracy and nuclear proliferation. Mr Fogh Rasmussen, the former Danish Prime Minister who took over at Nato in the summer, chose to focus on Russia rather than make a traditional tour d'horizon in his inaugural address because he said that it was the relationship that had the most potential and the greatest burden of mistrust. "Nato wants Russia to be a real stakeholder in European and international security," Mr Rasmussen told an invited audience in Brussels. "We need Russia as a partner in resolving the great issues of our time."
Nato and Russia should link their missile defence systems and work together to meet the security challenges of the 21st century such as a nuclear Iran, Nato's new secretary-general declared today in his first significant policy speech.
Both sides had unrealistic expectations of each other after the end of the Cold War, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, calling for them to put behind them the suspicions of the past and carry out a joint review to serve as a basis for future cooperation to fight terrorism, piracy and nuclear proliferation.
Mr Fogh Rasmussen, the former Danish Prime Minister who took over at Nato in the summer, chose to focus on Russia rather than make a traditional tour d'horizon in his inaugural address because he said that it was the relationship that had the most potential and the greatest burden of mistrust.
"Nato wants Russia to be a real stakeholder in European and international security," Mr Rasmussen told an invited audience in Brussels. "We need Russia as a partner in resolving the great issues of our time."
A day after Washington announced it was abandoning plans for a missile shield in Europe, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the US, NATO and Russia should consider integrating their missile defence plans. AFP - The United States, NATO and Russia should consider integrating their missile defence systems, the Western alliance's secretary general said Friday. In a major speech outlining his vision for enhanced ties with Moscow, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen issued his call 24 hours after US President Barack Obama's decision to scrap a plan to install an anti-missile shield and radar in eastern Europe. "NATO wants Russia to be a real stakeholder in European and international security," Rasmussen said at the Western alliance's Brussels HQ. "We need Russia as a partner in resolving the great issues of our time.
AFP - The United States, NATO and Russia should consider integrating their missile defence systems, the Western alliance's secretary general said Friday. In a major speech outlining his vision for enhanced ties with Moscow, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen issued his call 24 hours after US President Barack Obama's decision to scrap a plan to install an anti-missile shield and radar in eastern Europe. "NATO wants Russia to be a real stakeholder in European and international security," Rasmussen said at the Western alliance's Brussels HQ. "We need Russia as a partner in resolving the great issues of our time.
