“Our position has been very clear from the beginning,” Rasmussen told Interfax in an interview. “All Allies are interested in developing cooperation with Russia in the field of missile defense. However, we are talking about synergy between a NATO and a Russian system. The reason is simple – NATO can not outsource to non-members collective defense obligations which bind its members.”
There you have it, straight from the horse’s mouth: there will be no cooperation on European missile defense between NATO and Russia: Period…
Windows to Russia!