NATO MILITARY LIAISON MISSION MOSCOW WELCOMES The Honourable William Graham Minister of National Defence, Canada

1. NATO MILITARY LIAISON MISSIONMOSCOWWELCOMESThe Honourable William GrahamMinister of National Defence, Canada NATO MILITARY LIAISON MISSION (MLM)MOSCOW NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

2. CONTENT • Origins of NATO-Russia Cooperation • Current Situation of Military Relations • NATO Military Liaison Mission (MLM): Origin, Mission, Organisation & Activities • Future Development of NATO-Russia Military-to Military Cooperation NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

3. NATO-RUSSIA COOPERATION: ORIGINS • Jul 1990: ‘London Declaration’ pro-actively began NATO’s outreach to the then USSR • Dec 1991: North Atlantic Cooperation Council set up • Jan 1994: ‘Partnership for Peace’ launched; now 46 states in the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

4. NATO-Russia Relations: ESSENTIAL MILESTONES • SFOR— KFOR Russian Peacekeepers 1996/1999 • Founding Act, Paris 1997 NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

5. NATO-Russia Relations: THE NEW APPROACH • Rome Declaration NATO - RUSSIA COUNCIL (NRC) 2002 • MLM Opening 2002 • Russians Exit SFOR/KFOR 2003 NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

6. THIRD ANNIVERSARY AND CHANGE OF HEAD MLM NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

7. NRC WORK PROGRAMME Main NRC Tasks from 2002 Rome summit: • Struggle against Terrorism • Crisis Management • Non-proliferation • Arms Control & Confidence Building Measures • Theatre Missile Defence • Search & Rescue at Sea • Mil-Mil Cooperation and Defence Reform • Civil Emergency Planning • New Threats and Challenges NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

8. NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL NORMS • NRC Ministers meet: 2 x per year • NRC Ambassadors: monthly (*& ad hoc) • NRC Chiefs of Defence: 2 x per year • NRC MILREPs (NRC-MR): monthly* • NRC AHWGs & Experts: as required • NRC Overall Work Programme • NRC-MR Military Work Plan • NATO Bi-Strategic Command - RS General Staff (Main Ops) Interoperability Framework Programme NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

9. ROLE OF MLM IN NATO-RUSSIA COOPERATION BRUSSELS NRC RUS MISSION NRC-MR NATO MLM RUS MOD MOSCOW • COOPERATING POCs: • International Treaties Directorate • Main Operations Directorate • Naval Staff DEFENCE ATTACHES: NATO Members / Partners Moscow NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

10. DEVELOPMENT OF MLM NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

11. MISSION OF MLM Support NATO-RUS cooperation: • Liaison with RS MOD • Implementation of military cooperation programmes • Support other NRC activities • Assist NATO Information office (NIO) NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

12. NATO MLM ORGANIZATION NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

13. COOPERATING PARTNERS • RUS MOD Directorate for International Treaties - MDU • Main Ops Directorate • Naval Staff • NATO Defence Attachés NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

14. MIL-to-MIL COOPERATION…. …..ON DIFFERENT LEVELS NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

15. DEVELOPMENT OF NRC EVENTS SUPPORTED BY MLM EVENTS NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

16. MILITARY ACTIVITIES - SEA • International Submarine Escape • and Rescue Liaison Office (ISMERLO) • Exercise SORBET ROYAL 2005 • Next Exercise BOLD MONARCH 2008 NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

17. MILITARY ACTIVITIES – LAND INTEROPERABILITY BASED ON EXPERIENCE GAINED IN THE BALKANS (SFOR/KFOR) NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

18. MILITARY ACTIVITIES – AIR THEATRE MISSILE DEFENCE NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

19. MILITARY RELATED ACTIVITIES EXERCISE AVARIYA 2004 (RUS) EXERCISE SENATOR 2005 (UK) NUCLEAR ACCIDENT RESPONSE NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

20. INTEROPERABILITY NATO to RUS General Staff Academy and Combined Arms Academy RUS to NATO School and NATO Defense College Mobile Education and Training Teams (METT) • Language • Policy • Doctrine • Procedures • Equipment CADRE DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGE TRAINING NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

21. INTEROPERABILITY- SEA OPERATION ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION BEGINS 2006 NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

22. INTEOPERABILITY- LAND 15TH MRB SAMARA NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

23. INTEROPERABILITY – AIR AIR TO AIR REFUELING AIR TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE AIRSPACE INITIATIVE- SHARED RECOGNIZED AIR PICTURE NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

24. NRC CIVIL EMERGENCY PLANNING • Sep 2002 Ex BOGORODSK - NATO Security Investment Logistics and Civil Emergency Planning (SILCEP) & RUS EMERCOM (MЧC) • Jun 2004 Ex KALININGRAD - COUNTER-TERRORISM DEFENSE AGAINST TERRORIST ATTACKS NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

25. STATUS OF FORCE AGREEMENT (SOFA) Signed in Vilnius. Awaiting ratification by RUS State DUMA NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

26. NRC-MR COOPERATION WORK PLAN 2006 AND BEYOND • Approved by CHODs 15 Nov 2005 • Noted by NRC Defense and Foreign Ministers • Basic Framework for MLM Activities • Focus on Interoperability • Military Education Programs • Field Training Exercises (FTX) • Ultimate goal: to facilitate combined NATO-RUS actions NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

27. NRC EXPECTATIONS ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT • Further strengthen political-military dialogue • Allocate adequate resources to cooperation projects • Enhance quality of the projects and events: try to achieve tangible results • Keep focus on interoperability programmes and Live Exercises (LIVEX) • Enhance coordination between bi-lateral and multilateral projects • Implement complementary approach • Use synergy • Support broadening of interoperability between Russia and NATO forces on the basis of gained experience • Keep the momentum NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED

28. POC: mlm-mailbox@mlm-moscow.nato.int Telephone: +7 (495) 775 0272 Fax: +7 (495) 775 0280 NATO – RUSSIA UNCLASSIFIED