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Russia seeking joint arms development with NATO

MOSCOW: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Friday he would press his counterparts from NATO at a Brussels meeting to follow through on their earlier promises to cooperate in the joint development on new arms.

“Unfortunately a lot of declarations had been made about this, but nothing has been done,” RIA Novosti quoted the Ivanov as telling Russian reporters in Brussels ahead of Friday’s talks. “Among other things, we are talking about the development of new forms of arms,” RIA Novosti quoted Ivanov as saying. Ivanov conceded that some NATO states will not be looking to Russia for military cooperation.

“Of course most NATO states do not think such form of cooperation is possible,” the Russian defence minister said. —AFP