An ambassadorial-level meeting of the NATO-Russia Council could be held in June, Russia's envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said.
On Tuesday, Rogozin handed NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who heads the Council, an official letter confirming Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's decision to host a Council meeting in the southern Russian resort of Sochi.
"We hope the meeting will be held immediately after June's ministerial meeting of the NATO-Russia Council that will initially consider a report on the possible combination of Russian and NATO missile defense potentials," he said.
Russia and NATO agreed to cooperate on the European missile defense system at the Lisbon summit in November 2010. NATO insists there should be two independent systems, while Russia favors a joint system.
Rogozin said the final decision on the date will be made when the Russian and NATO foreign ministers meet in April.
BRUSSELS, March 3 (RIA Novosti)
