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6 May	NATO Secretary General Javier Solana has a fifth round of talks with Russian Foreign Minister Primakov in Luxembourg on a NATO-Russia document.
7 May	NATO Secretary General Javier Solana visits Ukraine to meet President Leonid Kuchma and inaugurates a NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Kyiv. Additional information: NATO Speeches: Speech by the Secretary General at the "Ukraine House" in Kyiv, Ukraine High resolution photos of the visit to Ukraine by Secretary General Javier Solana
12-13 May	Foreign and Defence Ministers from 28 European countries meet in Paris, under the auspices of the WEU, to discuss security issues.
13-14 May	NATO Secretary General Javier Solana and Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeni Primakov meet in Moscow for a sixth round of negotiations on a NATO-Russia document.
14 May	NATO Secretary General Javier Solana and Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeni Primakov reach agreement on the Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation. Additional information: NATO Basic Texts: Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation
22 May	Russian President Boris Yeltsin replaces Minister of Defence Igor Rodionov by Viktor Samsonov.
27 May	NATO-Russia Summit Meeting in Paris. Signature of the Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation. Additional information: NATO Basic Texts: Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation NATO Handbook: Chapter 3 - The Opening Up of the Alliance - The NATO-Russia Founding Act NATO Ministerial Communiqus: Documents from the NATO-Russia Summit High resolution photos of the NATO-Russia Summit
29 May	On the margins of the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Sintra, Portugal, NATO Secretary General Solana and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Udovenko initial a Charter for a Distinctive Partnership Between NATO and Ukraine. Additional information: NATO Basic Texts: Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Ukraine NATO Ministerial Communiqus: Documents from the Spring Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers High resolution photos of the North Atlantic Council Meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers
30 May	Concluding meeting of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC) and inaugural meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) in Sintra, Portugal. NATO and Cooperation Partner Foreign Ministers approve the EAPC Basic Document. Additional information: NATO Ministerial Communiqus: Documents from the Spring Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers