PUBLIC INFORMATION ADVISER<br />CONSEILLER EN INFORMATION PUBLIQUE<br />INTERNATIONAL MILITARY STAFF<br />ETAT-MAJOR MILITAIRE INTERNATIONAL<br /><br />NATO/OTAN, 1110 BRUSSELS/BRUXELLES, BELGIUM/BELGIQUE<br />TEL: 32.2.707.54.22 FAX: 32.2.707.57.13<br /><br />PRESS ADVISORY<br /> 21 October 2002<br /><br />GENERAL HARALD KUJAT, CHAIRMAN OF NATO’S MILITARY COMMITTEE<br />VISITS THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FROM 22-23 OCTOBER 2002<br /><br />General Harald KUJAT, Chairman of the Military Committee, NATO’s highest military authority, will visit Moscow from 22 to 23 October 2002. He will meet Mr. Nikolayev, Chairman of the Duma Defence Committee and have discussions with General Anatoly Kvashnin, Chief of the Russian Federation General Staff. He will also call on senior government officials. <br /><br />This is General Kujat’s first visit to the Russian Federation as Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee. The purpose of his visit is to deepen relations between NATO’s military authorities and those of the Russian Federation and to discuss matters of common military interest. <br /><br />General Kujat will also visit NATO’s recently opened Military Liaison Mission in Moscow.<br /><br />**********************************************************************************************************<br /><br />For further information please contact:<br /><br />Office of the Public Information Adviser<br />International Military Staff<br />NATO Headquarters<br />Boulevard Leopold III<br />1110 Brussels<br /><br />tel: +322 707 5422<br />fax: +322 707 5713<br />e-mail: dims.pia@hq.nato.int<br /><br />More information about the Military Committee may be found on the International Military Staff web site at http://www.nato.int/ims/home.htm