24/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - A NATO official who wanted to remain anonymous said on Thursday that Secretary General Lord Robertson had proposed assistance to Russia in the rescue operation of the crew of the nuclear submarine Kursk on 14 August, whereas President Putin claimed that the first proposal of aid from abroad had only reached him on 15 August. According to this official, the Russian delegation to the Atlantic Alliance had written to Lord Robertson on 16 August saying that Russia...