BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- NATO foreign ministers have agreed to resume high-level ties with Russia which were cut off last year after Moscow's brief incursion into aspiring NATO-member Georgia.
"There is an agreed text. We are resuming the talks within the NATO-Russia Council as soon as possible after the [April NATO] summit," said Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak.
Russia quickly welcomed the decision.
"This decision is a step in the right direction," Russia's RIA news agency quotes a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying.
The decision comes as NATO and its allies seek Russian cooperation in the battle against Afghan militants and other threats.
"There is an agreed text. We are resuming the talks within the NATO-Russia Council as soon as possible after the [April NATO] summit," said Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak.
Russia quickly welcomed the decision.
"This decision is a step in the right direction," Russia's RIA news agency quotes a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying.
The decision comes as NATO and its allies seek Russian cooperation in the battle against Afghan militants and other threats.
