Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday accepted NATO's invitation to participate in the creation of a joint missile defense shield in Europe, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, RIA Novosti reported.
Russia and NATO agreed on Saturday to formulate terms for missile defense cooperation by June 2011.
The NATO-Russia Council, which met in Lisbon, also agreed to resume theater missile defense exercises and continue cooperation on the joint assessment of ballistic missile threats.