{"id":577,"date":"2008-12-06T11:58:18","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T16:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/digest\/?p=577"},"modified":"2010-08-09T15:03:39","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T19:03:39","slug":"united-states-supports-resuming-nato-russia-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/2008\/12\/united-states-supports-resuming-nato-russia-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Supports Resuming NATO-Russia Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While attending a conference in Belgium on December 2, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed the United States&#8217; support of a gradual, informal resumption of contacts between NATO and Russia. \u00a0She stated, \u201cThis isn&#8217;t an issue of isolating Russia, but it is an issue of what kinds of contacts are appropriate.\u00a0 And I think this is a completely appropriate thing for the alliance to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Relations between NATO and Russia were suspended in August following the Russian-Georgian crisis. \u00a0The resumption of relations was also supported by\u00a0NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and other foreign ministers attending the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Though Georgia and Ukraine have yet to be offered an official invitation to join NATO, Rice stressed that their eventual membership remains important to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.america.gov\/st\/peacesec-english\/2008\/December\/20081202154112dmslahrellek0.7903406.html?CP.rss=true\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While attending a conference in Belgium on December 2, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed the United States&#8217; 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