Nato to restart Russia talks
NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels yesterday agreed to resume talks with Russia, after Moscow was frozen out following the invasion of Georgia in August.
The talks will resume at a low level to begin with, ministers said, in a sign of continued division with Russia over Georgia, missile defence in Europe and Nato's plans to expand into the former Soviet Union.
"This is not business as usual," said the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice.
Ministers restated a decision taken in April that Georgia and Ukraine could join Nato eventually despite Russia's opposition.
They agreed to increase military and political assistance to help the two countries prepare, but refrained granting them a "membership action plan".
The European Union yesterday also launched an investigation into the causes of the Russia-Georgia conflict.
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