"I don't know if he responded to that particular point. There was a general appreciation for the need to continue to build on our military-to-military relationship, and to continue to take advantage of opportunities for cooperation and exchanges,".
VOA: standard.2009.10.27
We will continue to seek opportunitiesforcooperation with Russia, based on mutual respect and those common interests.
The opportunitiesfor the establishment of new BRs in the region will also be examined, and the main EU funding opportunitiesforcooperation initiatives will be explored.
These risks could be even further reduced if, thanks to the generally excellent ties maintained by our Navy with those of allied nations, opportunitiesforcooperation in adapting various friendly countries' ships for missile defense purposes are fully exploited.