| February 2007 |
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The six negotiating parties in Beijing have nearly coordinated the first steps toward North Korea's disarmament, and only a few details remain to be finalized, the U.S. envoy at the talks said Friday. 
The organizer of an international security policy conference in Munich confirmed on Friday that the head of Iran's National Security Council has not turned up at the forum. 
Russia is interested in helping NATO forces stabilize the situation in Afghanistan, the defense minister said after an informal Russia-NATO Council meeting. 
Consultations in Vienna between Belgrade and Pristina on the UN special envoy's proposals on Kosovo's future status have been postponed from February 13 to February 21, a deputy envoy said Friday. 
Russia will not allow itself to be drawn into an arms race, Russia's defense minister said Friday in reference to U.S. plans to place a missile shield in Central Europe. 
Russia's defense minister reiterated Friday Moscow's proposal that NATO and a post-Soviet security group should join efforts in tackling a drug threat emanating from Afghanistan. 
The United States insisted at bilateral talks in Beijing Friday that North Korea dismantle its key nuclear reactor if it wants to restore diplomatic contacts with Washington, which has branded the Asian nation a "rogue state." 
Russia only sells armaments systems abroad under strict export control, the country's defense minister said Friday. 
The Russian foreign minister said Friday that a timetable for the gradual withdrawal of foreign military forces from Iraq had to be worked out. 
Washington's plans to deploy elements of its anti-ballistic missile system in Europe may affect the military-strategic situation, the Russian defense minister said Friday. 



