他说，尽管在格鲁吉亚问题上有分歧，但俄罗斯和北约应该“在我们有着相同利益的所有领域”合作。 他特别谈到了在阿富汗的长期合作。
In a speech on September 18 at the Royal United Services Institute in London, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer argued that, despite differences over Georgia, Russia and the alliance should cooperate “wherever our interests converge.”