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Meetings of the Military Committee -NATO's highest military authority- took place on 9 and 10 May, with the participation, this year, of Russia.
Members of NATO's Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council are invited to participate in two of the three Military Committee's meetings held at Chiefs of Staff level, as are Ukraine and Russia on an individual basis. These meetings take place each year at NATO HQ prior to the Spring and Autumn Ministerial meetings - the third involves NATO members only and is hosted by a NATO country on a rotational basis.
Russia had suspended its participation last year in the context of the Kosovo crisis. However, this year it was represented by General Anatoly Kvashnin, Chief of the General Staff, who presided over the Permanent Joint Council in Chiefs of Staff Session with Lt. General Henryk Szumski from Poland and the Chairman of NATO's Military Committee, Admiral Guido Venturoni. A NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council meeting will also be organised on 17 May and during the Florence Ministerial meetings later this month.