NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said that Russia and NATO have resumed cooperation on broad security threats, but ‘on Georgia, there are still fundamental differences‘.  Fears of an incursion in Georgia are building as Russia begins its Caucasus 2009 war games.  According to the Washington Post, the military exercises are ‘a reminder of the volatility of the region’.  Russia’s attitude to Georgia has been met with sharp criticism from Western leaders.  At a ministerial meeting of the OSCE, opinion was unconvinced about Moscow’s proposal for a new security pact; French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner commented, ‘we don’t need a new structure. We have the principles, we have the structures, let’s strengthen them’.