She also reiterated US support for Georgia’s sovereignty, calling for Russia to comply with a cease-fire agreement after the 2008 war over the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which calls for both sides to pull back forces to pre-conflict locations.As NATO foreign ministers met with their Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, Clinton highlighted the value of launching new negotiations to strengthen conventional arms control.But she said that “to get there, Russia must be willing to talk to its neighbors about its equipment and forces in disputed territories.” Russia has military ties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.In addition, “in light of the extensive reorganization of the Russian military over the last few years, it must be completely transparent about its military forces,” Clinton said.Russia in 2007 suspended its participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, which governs where and how many troops and conventional weapons can be stationed on European soil.Moscow said the 1990 treaty had become hopelessly out of date as Europe’s geopolitical boundaries have shifted following the collapse of communism.Lavrov, speaking through an interpreter, said that the conventional arms control regime “is now in a profound impasse, and we want to withdraw from the impasse and kick-start the negotiations.” He didn’t address details of what that would entail, or address the situation in Georgia, but said he was “quite satisfied” overall after meeting in Berlin with Clinton.