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NATO's Strong Resolve 2002 Exercises Continue in Poland Mar 11, 2002 -- (BBC Monitoring) Text of report in English by Polish news agency PAP. Gdansk, Warsaw, Szczecin, 10 March: Over 200 Swedish troops practiced a landing operation at a military port of Hel as part of the NATO's Strong Resolve 2002 exercise on Sunday [10 March]. Swedish troops accompanied by the Romanian army's special forces arrived at the Hel port in 19 barges. The operation was supported by a helicopter and a destroyer, and involved the total of 170 soldiers and 50 officers. On Saturday, the commander-in-chief of Poland's armed forces, President Aleksander Kwasniewski, watched the maneuvers in Drawsko Pomorskie and Gdynia and met with Polish, Danish, Swedish and British troops taking part in the exercise. "Strong Resolve 2002 is not only the biggest NATO exercise in Poland but also the biggest exercise in NATO's history. It shows that Poland is well prepared and that we want to be completely integrated with the North Atlantic alliance. This also is a chance to create something new in personal contacts between soldiers, officers or generals," the president said. Meanwhile Poland's defense minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said [on] Friday [8 March] that Russia should not be concerned over the NATO's exercise in Poland. He noted that the aim of the exercise was to practice peace operations. Source: PAP news agency, Warsaw, in English 1538 GMT 10 Mar 02 (C) 2002 BBC Monitoring __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
