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| No progress at Nato-Russia talks | |
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| Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said there were no breakthroughs in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. | |
| Leaders from the alliance met Mr Putin in Romania after Nato accepted a US missile defence plan and left the door open to taking in Georgia and Ukraine. | |
| Russia had opposed the missile defence shield as well as plans for eastern states to join Nato. | |
| Unnamed Russian sources said Nato expansion remained a problem. | |
| One anonymous official said Russia would have to take counter-measures to protect its security. | |
| The BBC's Jonathan Marcus reports from the Romanian capital of Bucharest that on the big issues, Russia and Nato do not see eye to eye. | |
| But he says it will only become clear how far Russia is prepared move on those issues when Mr Putin meets US President George W Bush at the Russian leader's Black Sea residence in Sochi this weekend. | |
| 'Positive spirit' | |
| Mr de Hoop Scheffer said the talks with Russia had been conducted "in a positive spirit". | |
| But, he said, "I cannot report that this morning we saw stunning breakthroughs." | |
| In a session between Nato and Ukraine on Friday, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko sought to reassure Russia that its bid for membership was not targeted at any other country. | |
| Mr de Hoop Scheffer said there was "not a sliver of a doubt" that Ukraine and Georgia would join Nato before long. | |
| Nato has left the option of taking in Georgia and Ukraine as members open, though it failed to agree a blueprint. | |
| Russia said the alliance's promise of eventual membership to its neighbours was "a huge strategic mistake". | Russia said the alliance's promise of eventual membership to its neighbours was "a huge strategic mistake". |
| Eastward expansion | Eastward expansion |
| During the summit Albania and Croatia have been invited to join the 26-member alliance, while Macedonia was told it must solve a dispute with Greece before becoming a member. | During the summit Albania and Croatia have been invited to join the 26-member alliance, while Macedonia was told it must solve a dispute with Greece before becoming a member. |
| Win some, lose some for USSend us your comments | Win some, lose some for USSend us your comments |
| Sergei Ryabkov, director of the Russian foreign ministry's department on European cooperation said that taking in Ukraine and Georgia would be "the biggest possible strategic error". | Sergei Ryabkov, director of the Russian foreign ministry's department on European cooperation said that taking in Ukraine and Georgia would be "the biggest possible strategic error". |
| "The Nato statement adds to the questions and concerns of the Russian side on what direction the Nato structure is evolving into," he said. | "The Nato statement adds to the questions and concerns of the Russian side on what direction the Nato structure is evolving into," he said. |
| "This is an alliance that has given itself a global role without any legal limitations on use of force." | "This is an alliance that has given itself a global role without any legal limitations on use of force." |
| It was President Putin's first and last appearance at a Nato summit. | |
| He leaves office next month, though he is said to be expected to serve as prime minister under president-elect Dmitry Medvedev. | |
| At the beginning of Russia's session with Nato on Friday, Russia signed an agreement to allow the transport of non-military freight to Nato forces in Afghanistan. | At the beginning of Russia's session with Nato on Friday, Russia signed an agreement to allow the transport of non-military freight to Nato forces in Afghanistan. |
| But the deal does not include the movement of troops or air transits that Nato had originally requested, Reuters news agency reported. | But the deal does not include the movement of troops or air transits that Nato had originally requested, Reuters news agency reported. |
| Conciliatory gesture | Conciliatory gesture |
| The US missile defence plan accepted by Nato allies includes bases in the Czech Republic and Poland. | The US missile defence plan accepted by Nato allies includes bases in the Czech Republic and Poland. |
| In a conciliatory gesture, Nato offered Moscow the chance to look at extending that defence to Russia itself. | In a conciliatory gesture, Nato offered Moscow the chance to look at extending that defence to Russia itself. |
| The agreement calls for steps to be taken to deploy a parallel Nato system to defend any countries not covered by the US scheme. | The agreement calls for steps to be taken to deploy a parallel Nato system to defend any countries not covered by the US scheme. |
| The decision was seen as a significant victory for President Bush. | The decision was seen as a significant victory for President Bush. |
| The US says it is needed to counter a potential threat from rogue states like Iran, but Moscow had expressed fears it could be used against Russia. | The US says it is needed to counter a potential threat from rogue states like Iran, but Moscow had expressed fears it could be used against Russia. |
| The Nato agreement came as US and Czech officials announced they had reached a deal to site a missile defence radar on Czech soil, while Poland and the US resumed talks in Warsaw on locating 10 interceptor missiles in Poland. | The Nato agreement came as US and Czech officials announced they had reached a deal to site a missile defence radar on Czech soil, while Poland and the US resumed talks in Warsaw on locating 10 interceptor missiles in Poland. |