SEOUL. Nov 12 (Interfax) - The Russia-NATO Council summit in Lisbon should confirm the completion of the "post-Cold War" period, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists in Seoul on Friday.
"I hope, as we agreed with [NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh] Rasmussen during his visit to Moscow, we will be able to reaffirm the end of the 'post-Cold War' period at this summit," Lavrov said.
It was quite a lengthy period, which was accompanied by "setbacks, elements of mistrust and elements of the departure from assurances given in the 1990s, primarily in the issue of security indivisibility," the Russian minister said.
"We hope to be able to make this confirmation of the completion of this uncertainty period that followed the Cold War," he said.
It is necessary both to draw a line under this period and to formulate tasks aimed at promoting the strategic partnership between Russia and NATO, Lavrov said.
These issues were discussed at Rasmussen's meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, he said.
"For our part, we supported such an approach. But, doubtless, this strategic partnership must be equal and must respect all of the agreements reached earlier between Russia and NATO. First and foremost, it is an obligation not to strengthen any country's security at the expense of the security of any other participant in cooperation. Second, Russia-NATO work should not be based on some '28 against one' combination, but each country should act individually. We reached these agreements when we formed the Russia-NATO Council," Lavrov said.
Russia hopes that these fundamental approaches to cooperation with NATO will be confirmed and ways will be outlined to put them into practice, the Russian minister said.
Russia and NATO cooperate in a wide variety of areas, including in the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking, Lavrov said.
Russia would like to step up this cooperation "especially in light of the Afghan drug threat," he said.