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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during NATO's Strategic Concept Seminar in Washington, DC, on February 22, 2010
WASHINGTON: The NATO military alliance and Russia face a common threat emanating from the Pak-Afghan border and have agreed to make joint efforts to deal with it, says US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
In a speech at an international seminar in Washington on revising NATO’s mission for the 21st century, Secretary Clinton also urged Russia to take part in a NATO plan for European missile defence.
“Because Russia and NATO face common threats — from extremists and drug traffickers coming out of Afghanistan and Pakistan along their border — we have agreed to cooperate,” she said.
As part of this understanding, Russia was now allowing NATO to transit non-lethal goods across its territory in support of the Isaf operations, she said.
