http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080404/wl_afp/natosummit_080404101841Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday started a tense summit with NATO leaders amid mounting tensions over US anti-missile defence plans and the alliance's expansion toward Russian territory.
In a rare moment of cooperation Russia and NATO concluded a deal on land transit for non-military freight to Afghanistan. The arrangement was a boost for NATO's struggling operations against the Taliban.
But tensions rose as Putin arrived at the Romanian capital's gigantic Palace of the Parliament for a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council.
A Western diplomat who asked not to be named described the atmosphere as "bad tempered."
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