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http://www.rferl.org/newsline/4-see.asp Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 19, 2002 YUGOSLAV DELEGATION AT NATO HEADQUARTERS Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic and General Branko Krga, who heads the General Staff, held talks in Brussels with NATO officials about Belgrade's request to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service reported on 19 September. The visitors were told that all indicted war criminals on Yugoslav territory must be arrested before that country can join PfP. There are several other issues holding up Belgrade's admission, including the lack of transparent civilian control over the military and the presence of possible war criminals in the officer corps. PM ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=31744&LangID=1 BULGARIA: Military Men To Participate in NATO Training Seeurope.net September 19, 2002 66 Bulgarian military men and aviation technics are departing to France, where they are to participate in a three � day international NATO training entitled Cooperative Key � 2002. The general number of soldiers included in the training is 1,600. The maneuvers are to start on September 22. The aim of the training is to point an advance in the operative coordination, collaboration and dialog in the peace-protecting operations between NATO and the partner countries. The plans stipulate airplanes helicopters and personnel of NATO and the partner-countries to accomplish conventional missions meeting eventual Un or NATO demands. Cooperative Key � 2002 was planned under the leadership of the head of the NATO United Military Forces� in South Europe gen. Gregory Johnson and will be leaded by general � lieutenant Ronald Keys, who commands NATO Military Air Forces in South Europe. ------------------------------------------------------- http://nato.gov.si/eng/press-centre/press-releases/1625 NATO Press Releases Defence Minister Begins Visit to Washington with NATO on His Agenda Washington, 18. September 2002 NATO enlargement topped the agenda as Slovenian Defence Minister Anton Grizold on Tuesday kicked off his visit to Washington, where he met Chuck Hagel, a Republican Senator from Nebraska and member of the Senate's foreign relations committee. Hagel, who supports NATO enlargement, expects that Slovenia would be invited to join the Alliance at its summit in November. Grizold briefed the senator on the defence reform which is being carried out in Slovenia. The two agreed that the defence co-operation between Slovenia and the U.S. is well underway. Current key global security issues were also discussed between Grizold and Hagel, who is also a member of the Senate European affairs subcommittee. In this context, the two touched on Afghanistan, Iraq and the fight against terrorism. Hagel is one of a few U.S. senators who opposes U.S. administrations' plans about military intervention in Iraq. He has publicly said on several occassions that the idea about a forceful replacement of a foreign regime is something unheard of in the U.S. history. The Slovenian defence minister, who arrived in the U.S. after a two-day official visit to Canada, is also to meet with Republican Senators George Voinovich and John McCain in the coming days. On Wednesday, Grizold is to meet Director for European and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council Daniel Fried. The meeting is also to be attended by Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, who is to arrive in Washington from New York today. On Thursday, Grizold is scheduled to meet with U.S. Under Secretary of Defence Douglas Feith at the Pentagon. The defence minister is to continue his working visit in the U.S. with talks in the U.S. Senate. The U.S. positively assess Slovenia's activities in its integration into NATO and appreciates Slovenia's role in the anti-terrorist coalition as well as in the stabilisation of SE Europe. This is what Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel was told as he met with U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman in New York on Tuesday, the Slovenian Foreign Ministry said. As for NATO summit in Prague, Grossman repeated that he expects invitations to be issued which would lead to a robust enlargement of the Alliance. Rupel briefed the U.S. official on Slovenia's preparations for NATO, particularly on the fourth annual national programme for the implementation of the NATO Membership Action Plan, the ministry said. The U.S. proposal to sign a bilateral agreement that would prevent U.S. citizens from being prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) was also discussed. Rupel said that Slovenia is carefully following the debate in the EU, which is forming a position on the issue. Grossman said that the communication between the EU and the U.S. on the issue is developing in a positive direction. The latest developments regarding Iraq were also touched upon, the ministry said. On Wednesday, Rupel is due in Washington, where he is scheduled to hold several meetings at the U.S. National Security Council. On Thursday, the minister is to leave for a one-day visit to Canada. Slovene Press Agency ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.rferl.org/newsline/4-see.asp Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 19, 2002 -He said among the issues discussed was also the Iraqi crisis and the Romanian military contingent's participation in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER RECEIVES U.S. ASSURANCES ON NATO MEMBERSHIP Defense Minister Ioan Mircea Pascu, who is currently on a visit to the United States, on 18 September met with U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, as well as with Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Romanian Radio reported. Pascu described the meetings as "very friendly and encouraging," and said he received assurances that Romania can "expect a positive answer" to its NATO membership bid at the organization's November Prague summit. He said among the issues discussed was also the Iraqi crisis and the Romanian military contingent's participation in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Pascu also met with U.S. senators and members of the House of Representatives, as well as their staff. MS ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_433646_19/09/2002_21056 NATO plans to stay on in FYROM Greek-Turkish feud delays EU Kathimerini (Greece) September 20, 2002 NATO�s peacekeeping force in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is likely to stay on for two or three months after its mandate ends on October 26 because the EU will not be ready to take over in time, news agencies reported from Brussels yesterday. The EU�s nascent rapid reaction force had aimed to carry out its first mission in FYROM but the force�s formation has stumbled on a disagreement between Greece and Turkey. Ankara wants to have a say in how the EU will use NATO assets, while Athens disagrees and says any EU-NATO deal should state that no NATO country will threaten an EU country. The latter proposal, which was hammered out at an EU summit in Seville in June, has not been accepted by Turkey. Greece has therefore proposed that the EU take over FYROM operations on an ad hoc basis. But diplomats and officials in Brussels said that NATO would have to extend its mission. A NATO source told the AFP that �before October 26 it�s asking a lot to get the NATO force out and the EU force in.� NATO�s Operation Amber Fox, made up of 700 lightly armed soldiers, was set up a year ago to protect international monitors observing the return of government forces and displaced people to areas formerly controlled by ethnic Albanian rebels. �I think what will happen next is that Amber Fox will be extended by two or three months,� one diplomat, who requested anonymity, told Reuters. �The moment has passed where it would have been possible for the EU to take over on October 27.� A NATO official told Reuters that no decision had been made on whether to extend the alliance�s mandate and Skopje had not requested an extension. But he said military planners had been asked to look into the implications of the force staying on. �Because time is of the essence, NATO�s nations asked military planners to start looking into the implications of a possible extension,� he said. �We want to be ready to respond rapidly so we are essentially doing the preparatory work.� The diplomat said that EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana was working hard to get Greece and Turkey to agree on a deal. �We�re very close on the technicalities,� he said. �If only there was the political will.� (Reuters, AFP) ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=31728&LangID=1 Seeurope.net September 20, 2002 BULGARIA: Non-Reimbursable Arms For Georgia Bulgaria is to grant to Georgia non-reimbursable arms rated to USD 89,800. The agreement between the two countries was signed in connection to the Program on Education and Supply of Georgia for Preparation of Its National Army, which was initiated by US military forces� European commanding office. By another decision, which the Bulgarian Government adopted today, the 36 military men, who had training for participation in the Stabilizing Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Nederland, are to return to Bulgaria. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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