INTERFAX - Russia & CSI news report of 04.04.2008

* RUSSIA, NATO ACHIEVE PROGRESS ON COOPERATION, POLITICAL DIALOGUE – PUTIN

* NATO MOVE TOWARD RUSSIA’S BORDERS WILL BE SEEN AS DIRECT THREAT – PUTIN

* PUTIN CALLS FOR ACCESS OF RUSSIAN ARMS MANUFACTURERS TO NATO MARKETS - SOURCE

* EUROPE HEEDED RUSSIA’S CONCERNS ABOUT U.S. ABM SYSTEM - PUTIN

* RUSSIAN-NATO COOPERATION TO DEPEND ON HOW THE ALLIANCE ACCOUNTS FOR RUSSIA’S INTERESTS – PUTIN

* RUSSIA, NATO ACHIEVE PROGRESS ON COOPERATION, POLITICAL DIALOGUE – PUTIN

* RETURN TO COLD WAR IS IMPOSSIBLE – PUTIN

* RUSSIA HAS NATURAL ADVANTAGE AS M. EAST MEDIATOR – PUTIN

* RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR M. EAST FORUM BEING DEBATED – PUTIN

* RUSSIA WILL CONTINUE ADVANCING ALL COMPONENTS OF ITS NUCLEAR TRIAD - PUTIN

* PUTIN CONFIRMS RUSSIA’S DETERMINATION TO REMAIN COMMITTED TO ITS NUCLEAR CONTRACT WITH IRAN

* BUCHAREST SUMMIT WAS NOT FULL OF MUTUAL ACCUSATIONS – PUTIN

* PUTIN DENIES CLAIMS OF IDENTITY OF NATO AND DEMOCRACY

* RUSSIA NOT TO BE COMPLIANT ON ISSUES WHICH THREATEN ITS NATIONAL SECURITY – PUTIN

* PUTIN NOT DRAMATIZING NATO-RUSSIA PROBLEMS – SOURCE

* RUSSIA, NATO SHOULD THINK TOGETHER HOW TO MAKE IRAN MORE TRANSPARENT – SOURCE

* PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA’S STEPS TOWARD MUTUAL TRUST NOT SHARED BY WEST – SOURCE

* NATO’S EXPANSION HURTS RUSSIA’S SECURITY – SOURCE

* RUSSIA EXPECTS RECIPROCITY ON CFE TREATY FROM ITS PARTNERS

* GEORGIA AIMS TO DESTABILIZE SITUATION IN CONFLICT ZONES - PUTIN

* NATO SG CERTAIN UKRAINE, GEORGIA WILL JOIN ALLIANCE

* NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL WILL WORK ON RESOLVING PROBLEMS BETWEEN NATO, RUSSIA – NATO GENERAL SECRETARY

* NO BREAKTHROUGH ACHIEVED AT RUSSIA-NATO COUNCIL MEETING – SCHEFFER

* NATO WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND – NATO GENERAL SECRETARY

* NATO CAN’T SAY WHEN ADAPTED CFE TREATY WILL BE RATIFIED – NATO GENERAL SECRETARY