Russia"s foreign minister called on Friday...

"Good opportunities are opening up to promote interaction with NATO in the military and technological sphere, first of all regarding the modernization of Mi helicopters. Such cooperation is mutually beneficial," Sergei Lavrov told journalists after a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels.

He said that by resuming full-fledged cooperation with NATO, Russia was not trying to avoid discussions of issues on which positions differ.

"These include plans to expand the alliance, the fate of the regime to control conventional armaments in Europe, and military infrastructure coming closer to Russian borders. We have outlined our concerns in detail. We hope our partners have heard them," the foreign minister said.

Lavrov also said Russia would continue ensuring railroad and air transit of cargos to Afghanistan as part of assistance to NATO.

"We have an agreement with NATO and its members, including France, Spain, Germany; the U.S. recently also concluded

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