The summit then held the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council since it was created in 2002.

Today the defense ministers held their first formal session of the new NATO-Russia Council.

Our cooperation in the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) over the past year has developed in a number of areas.

Through the NATO-Russia Council, we must increase our cooperation with Russia for the security of all of us.

These stereotypes could have wittingly or unwittingly affected the relations in the NATO-Russia Council.

The task of more precisely defining a role for the NATO-Russia Council was put off until May.

The new NATO-Russia Council was designed in part to allay Russian fears not only about alliance activities, but also its expansion.

The NATO-Russia Council was established in 2002 to allow the 26 Allies and Russia to work together as equal partners to pursue opportunities for joint collaboration.

I would also like to comment on the conclusions of the NATO-Russia Council.

The new NATO-Russia Council is the first organization to give the Kremlin a say, though not a veto, in the actual deliberations of the Western alliance.