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Mesdameset Messieurs les Ministres, Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs,bonjour. Dobriy Dyen’. Good afternoon. Bienvenue à ce ConseilOTAN-Russie en session informelle des Ministres de la défense.

Notre débat informel d’aujourd’hui nous donne une occasion opportune deprocéder à un échange de vues sur l’état de la coopération OTAN-Russieen matière de défense.

Il va nous permettre de nousprojeter dans l’année à venir et de comparer nos notes sur ce que nousconsidérons comme nos priorités pour 2005 dans les différents domainesde notre coopération.

Nous commençons l’année fortsd’un acquis solide et déterminés à placer la barre encore plus haut. Endécembre, le Plan d’action global du Conseil OTAN‑Russie contre leterrorisme, conçu pour intensifier et cibler nos efforts sur laprévention du terrorisme, la lutte contre les activités terroristes etla gestion des conséquences d’actes terroristes, a été adopté par lesMinistres des affaires étrangères.

Today, we willreview progress made in this vital area, paying particular attention tothe implementation of modalities for Russian support to NATO’sOperation Active Endeavour, also agreed last December. As you know,NATO and Russian naval forces already are preparing to serveside-by-side in the Mediterranean, in a common mission to help deter,disrupt and protect against terrorism. There can be no clearermanifestation of our common determination to stand together againstshared threats.

We will also focus on other issues ofparticular interest to Defence Ministers, such as the challenges weface in reforming our military structures to deal more effectively withtoday’s security threats.

Last but not least, duringour meeting today we will be able to exchange views on internationalsecurity issues of concern to us all, including with respect toAfghanistan, the Balkans and Iraq.

I would now ask the members of the press to leave the room, so that we can begin our closed session.