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Following their meetings on Alliance issues, defence ministers held a series of meetings with counterparts from Partner countries. On 5 December, the Russia-NATO Permanent Joint Council discussed the situation in the former Yugoslavia, welcoming recent democratic changes and encouraging trends in the region, as well as the continued excellent cooperation between NATO and Russian troops on the ground in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo. Among the areas of cooperation and dialogue discussed, ministers agreed a work programme on search and rescue at sea. They also exchanged views on defence reform, agreeing to consider possible ways of expanding cooperation to this area.
At the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission on 6 December, Allied ministers expressed their appreciation for Ukraine's contribution to NATO-led operations in the Balkans, in particular the participation of the Ukrainian Helicopter Squadron and the Polish -Ukrainian battalion in KFOR. The main focus of the meeting was a review of progress being made in different areas of defence reform.
Finally, a meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council brought together defence ministers from 46 NATO and Partner countries. Carl Bildt, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to the Balkans, briefed ministers on his views on recent developments in the Balkans and the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, General Joseph Ralston, gave a military update on the KFOR and SFOR operations. Ministers also discussed progress achieved under NATO's South East Europe Initiative. Other discussions focused on the further development of various initiatives under the Partnership for Peace programme, including efforts to improve training and education, to strengthen operational capabilities, and to support defence reform.