MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - NATO...

He also said that discussions between Russian and NATO representatives failed to clear all the differences, but added he hoped talks would continue in Washington later in February.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen took over at the Western military bloc last year pledging to improve ties with Moscow, which were frozen after Russia"s five-day war with Georgia in 2008. Russia and NATO have since resumed formal contacts.

Improvements in Russia-NATO relations have been helped by a course towards "resetting" thorny relations between Moscow and Washington taken by Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama.