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The ambassadors of the NATO countries and Russia will discuss the creation of the NATO missile defense system in the near future, Russian envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said.

"The ambassadors of the NATO-Russia Council will meet on July 16 and they will give a briefing on the NATO missile defense," he told reporters in Moscow on Monday.

Rogozin said Russia is open to cooperation in this sphere and the offers on the use of the Russian radar stations still stand.