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''Today we commit ourselves to forge a new relationship between NATO Allies and Russia? We have decided to give impetus and substance to our partnership, with the goal of creating a new council bringing together NATO member states and Russia to identify and pursue opportunities for joint action at 20''. This was one of the main conclusions that emerged from the meeting of the NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council at the level of Foreign Ministers on 7 December.
Ways of developing "effective mechanisms for consultation, cooperation, joint decision, and coordinated/joint action" will be pursued, with the aim of achieving results by May 2002 when NATO holds its next meeting of Foreign Ministers in Reykjavik.
The meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers with their Russian counterpart, Igor Ivanov, dominated the two-day ministerial meeting on 6-7 December 2001. International terrorism -the catalyst for closer relations with Russia- was also at the centre of discussions.
This was the first meeting of Foreign Ministers since the attacks in September 2001. Ministers took this opportunity to reiterate NATO's commitment to adapt to the challenges of terrorism, with an emphasis on prevention, intelligence gathering and sharing and the need to reinforce the military capabilities required to face these new threats. They added that NATO was determined to combat terrorism for as long as necessary and would strengthen its capacities, as well as its engagement with partners to meet this challenge, by developing "a package of Alliance measures" for the Prague Summit in 2002. During a press conference on 6 December, US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, emphasised the central role NATO had played in the fight against terrorism since day one and commended fellow Allies for their help and many offers of support.
Ministers also discussed the situation in the Balkans and attended a joint NATO-EU meeting on 6 December at the Justus Lipsius Building, European Council, Brussels, where talks focused on terrorism, as well as the success of NATO-EU cooperation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1. During these two days, NATO Foreign Ministers also met with their Ukrainian counterpart, Anatoliy Zlenko, and with the Foreign Ministers of the 27 non NATO members of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. They took stock of progress made so far and welcomed the decision to conduct a Comprehensive Review of Partnership next year.
.) Turkey recognizes the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.