From AFP: NATO’s chief insisted Friday that the military alliance is not the best place to discuss Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s plan for a new European security pact.

Speaking after talks between NATO and Russian foreign ministers, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the broader Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is best adapted for such talks.

“The ministers said they are open to discuss it, but the OSCE remains the primary forum for that discussion,” he told reporters, after the treaty was raised by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov…

“There can be no doubt whatsoever that NATO will remain our framework for Euro-Atlantic security,” he said, underlining that he had not yet had time to study documents about the plan provided by Russia.

Medvedev unveiled his draft European security treaty on Sunday, saying it would end Cold War mentalities…

Many at NATO say it is an attempt to undermine the transatlantic alliance. (photo: AFP)