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NATO seen moving toward normal Russia ties
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO ministers are expected to act to get business with Russia back on to a normal track this week when they discuss the troubled Afghan operation on Hillary Clinton's first visit to Europe as U.S. secretary of state.
The Bush administration spearheaded NATO's suspension of formal dialogue with Russia after Moscow's incursion into Georgia last August, but President Barack Obama's White House has made it clear it wants to turn a new page with Moscow.
U.S. officials are now emphasizing shared interests with Moscow, including the struggle against Islamist militancy in Afghanistan and elsewhere, and concerns about Iran's nuclear plans.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden flagged a change of tack last month, saying it was time to hit the "reset" button to halt the slide in relations with Russia.
NATO already announced a gradual reengagement with Moscow in December after EU states stressed the importance of cooperation.
Diplomatic and political contacts have taken place informally, but Russia has pushed for a resumption of meetings of the NATO-Russia Council, the body that directs formal business within the relationship.
The 26 NATO foreign ministers would decide on this when they meet in Brussels on Thursday, NATO diplomats said.
"If all agree it should happen then it will happen," one said. "My sense is that it probably will."
Another said all were agreed. "They will announce the renewal of formal relations with Russia," he said. "What was decisive was the change of position of the U.S. administration."
Russia set the tone by allowing this week a supply cargo for U.S. forces in Afghanistan through its territory.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday there had been positive signals from the United States over the divisive issue of missile defense and Moscow would be willing to discuss a new structure with the United States.
Russia vehemently opposes deployment of the missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic and has been angered by NATO promises of membership to former Georgia and Ukraine.
"MINDFUL OF DIFFERENCES"
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried said the desire to rebuild ties did not mean the United States was burying its problems with Moscow.
Biden said in his speech in Munich that Washington would not recognize Russian spheres of influence, or independence of Russian-backed breakaway Georgian regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. He also said European countries had a right to seek membership in alliances such as NATO. Continued...
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