| December 2008 |
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Moscow welcomes the Ukrainian president's decision to attempt to improve relations with Russia, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. 
Ukrainian Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said on Wednesday that the planned redeployment of troops closer to the country's borders did not threaten Russia. 
Russia is ready to restart dialogue with NATO, frozen after its brief war in August with Georgia, but will not forget that the alliance backed Tbilisi in the conflict, its NATO envoy said on Wednesday. 
An Iraqi transport ministry delegation is discussing in Rome a project to build a giant port on the coast of the Persian Gulf, Iraqi media reported on Wednesday. 
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that the country may soon resume political dialogue with the U.S., after three decades of frozen relations. 
Iran has conducted the second stage of a four-stage, six-day naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman, a top military commander said on Wednesday.
Iraq is in talks with Russian power plant builder Technopromexport on completing the construction of a thermal plant near Baghdad, an Iraqi Energy Ministry spokesman said Wednesday. 
Foreign ministers of the 26 NATO member-countries urged Russia on Wednesday to lift its moratorium on a major arms reduction treaty in Europe. 
The appointment of Hillary Clinton to the office of U.S. secretary of state is unconstitutional, according to a report by Judicial Watch. 
NATO called upon Russia on Wednesday to refrain from "confrontational statements" that could further harm relations between the military alliance and Moscow. 
Georgia and Ukraine are unlikely to join NATO within the next two decades, a chief analyst at the Russian Institute for Military and Political Analysis said on Wednesday. 
NASA has signed a $141 million modification to the current International Space Station (ISS) contract with the Russian space agency for crew transportation services planned through the spring of 2012. 
A third military plane carrying personnel and goods has left Russia en route to Chad to take part in a joint EU mission to support the UN in the Central African country, an Air Force spokesman said on Wednesday. 



