The NATO-Russia Council was created on 28 May 2002 during the 2002 NATO Summit in Rome . The council has been an official diplomatic tool for handling security issues and joint projects between NATO and Russia , involving " consensus-building , consultations , joint decisions and joint actions . " " Joint decisions and actions " , taken under NATO-Russia Council agreements , include fighting terrorism , military cooperation ( joint military exercises and personnel training ) , cooperation on Afghanistan ( Russia providing training courses for anti-narcotics officers from Afghanistan and Central Asia countries in cooperation with the UN ) , transportation by Russia of non-military freight in support of NATO 's ISAF in Afghanistan , industrial cooperation , cooperation on defence interoperability , non-proliferation , and other areas
2002 NATO Summit in Rome
2002 Rome summit
Russia–NATO relations