Moscow does not dramatize disagreements with NATO and hopes for reciprocity in resolving the remaining problems, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during the talks with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday, Itar-Tass reported.

"I'd like to note that Russia and NATO seek to normalize relations and bring them to a new level," the minister said. "We praise the NATO Secretary-General's personal contribution to ensuring the NRC ministerial meeting of December 4. The ministers approved important documents that revealed the commonness of positions on the issues, which should be solved jointly."

"We intend to implement the December 4 agreements," he added.

Russia and NATO have disagreements "on the issues on which our positions diverge". "We do not dramatize the situation, but we intend to solve these problems," Lavrov stressed. "Moreover we want to systematically resolve the remaining problems. To this end, it is necessary to take a very easy step - to comply with the principles of the Russia-NATO Council. I hope for reciprocity," the minister said.

Rasmussen said the purpose of his visit to Moscow was to confirm NATO' s interest in building genuine partnership with Russia. "The parties may have disagreements in different fields, but they should not prevail common interests," he said. "NATO's goal is to successfully develop practical cooperation in the directions where the parties face common threats and challenges."

According to him, "this autumn opened a new era in Russian-NATO relationship."