"Unfortunately a lot of declarations had been made about this, but nothing has been done," RIA Novosti quoted the Ivanov as telling Russian reporters in Brussels ahead of Friday's talks.

"Among other things, we are talking about the development of new forms of arms," RIA Novosti quoted Ivanov as saying.

Ivanov conceded that some NATO states will not be looking to Russia for military cooperation.

"Of course most NATO states do not think such form of cooperation is possible," the Russian defense minister said.

"But there are European states that have a developed military complex with which we could cooperate in the military-industrial sphere," he added.

Ivanov identified France, Germany and Italy as the main countries with which Russia could cooperate in joint military projects, RIA Novosti said.

The Russian defense minister was due to attend a meeting Friday of the year-old Russia-NATO Council that was built in order to ease Moscow's concerns about its former Soviet-era foe's expansion towards Russia's borders.

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