PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Our relations with NATO have not been easy since the armed conflict in South Ossetia and the aggression carried out by Georgia. Relations have taken a sharp turn for the worse, and we are not to blame. I would like to hear your views on how the situation is likely to develop.

Russian Permanent Envoy to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) DMITRY ROGOZIN: I can report to you on the situation with Russia’s cooperation with the NATO member countries, and also on our proposals for changing the extent, quality and timetable of this cooperation in connection with the position NATO took during the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In our view, NATO has applied a policy of double standards to Russia’s actions and has in a sense departed from the spirit of the partnership that had existed in our relations up till then. I am ready to make specific proposals right away.

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