Russian Commander Arrives In NATO Headquarters

The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Anatoly Kvashnin, believes the new strategic situation that has formed in the world may "to a certain extent" contribute to a qualitative development of Russia-NATO relations. Kvashnin was speaking upon arrival in Brussels on Tuesday. On Wednesday the Chief of the Russian General Staff will attend the session of the Russia-NATO Joint Permanent Committee and the Military Committee of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership. Kvashnin stressed that Russia-NATO relations were now more obviously showing a transition from theoretic developments to practical cooperation. This, the General says, in particular concerns solutions to problems related to international security measures, the fight against terrorism and such a principal sphere as strategic stability.