MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's defense minister met with the NATO secretary general in Moscow on Thursday, the minister's press service said.
Sergei Ivanov and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer "discussed a wide range of pressing issues, including the future development of relations through the Russia-NATO Council and international security issues, such as the situation in conflict zones," said Vyacheslav Sedov, head of the press service.
The NATO press service earlier reported that Scheffer will also meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Igor Ivanov, the Security Council secretary, as well as Russian parliamentary members, to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, the Balkans, and the transformation of the Western collective security organization.