BRUSSELS- The Russia-NATO Council's ambassadorial meeting in Brussels on Tuesday will center on missile defense and arms control.
"There are several items on the agenda. The first and the most serious one is missile defense and arms control," Russia’s NATO Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin told Interfax.
The second issue to be discussed is preparations for a Russia-NATO ministerial meeting to be held in Brussels on Dec. 8.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov will speak at the ambassadorial meeting and then meet with the leaders of NATO’s International Secretariat.
"Unfortunately, NATO Secretary General Andres Fogh Rasmussen will not attend the meetings as he will have to stay at home after a sport injury. The Russia-NATO Council meeting will be chaired by his first deputy, Claudio Bisogniero," Rogozin said.
Antonov also plans to meet with NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Admiral James Stavridis.
Consultations will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 16, between the military delegations, led by Antonov and U.S. Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense James Miller.
"Full-format talks will be held on missile defense," Rogozin said, adding that the Brussels consultations "aim to promote the dialogue between Russian and American presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama in Honolulu."
Antonov and Rogozin met with the mission chiefs of NATO’s largest member-states late on Monday. On the same day Rogozin met with NATO’s U.S Ambassador Ivo Daalder.
