Brussels - NATO foreign ministers Thursday decided to re-open formal talks with Russia, six months after the alliance broke them off in protest at Russia's invasion of Georgia, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmaes Paet told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Ministers at a meeting in Brussels said that the alliance was still deeply angered by Russia's decision to invade Georgia and recognize its breakaway territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in August, but that it needed Russian help on issues such as Afghanistan, Iran and the global fight against terrorism. (dpa)