----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 4:09 PM Subject: Re: NATO to help Ukraine train armed forces STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG Date sent: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 07:39:22 -0600 (CST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Rozoff) Subject: NATO to help Ukraine train armed forces To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: "STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Feel a bit eerie when I hear the words 'peace' and 'George Robertson' in the same sentence. > STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG > > And the Russians and other Eastern Europeans are just 'paranoid' for > distrusting NATO's motives....Quick, name one Ukranian port on the North > Atlantic. > ___________________________________ > Daily Telegraph (UK) > ISSUE 1709Saturday 29 January 2000 > Nato to help Ukraine train armed forces > > NATO will help Ukraine modernise its armed forces, its Secretary-General > announced yesterday at the end of his two-day visit to the former Soviet > republic. > George Robertson told leaders in a speech in Kiev, the capital: "Such a > reform will be painful. Nato can assist Ukraine. A military that is > transparent, democratically controlled and fully accountable is part and > parcel of a mature democracy. And a military that adopts modern > management techniques will spend scarce resources more efficiently." > Lord Robertson met President Leonid Kutchma and Prime Minister Viktor > Yushenko during his visit. Kiev signed a partnership agreement with Nato > in 1997 but is not an official candidate for membership. Russia has > opposed Nato's expansion to the east and has warned against inviting > republics from the former Soviet Union to join the defence alliance. > Lord Robertson said: "We need to exploit more fully our military > co-operation in Partnership for Peace. By preparing partner countries to > be able to deploy forces alongside Allied ones in possible peace support > or humanitarian operations, we expand the pool of trained forces for > effective crisis management in Europe." > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ > Get a Free PC with a 3-year subscription to The Microsoft Network > (after rebates). The new PC features a 400MHz Celeron, 32MB, 4GB, 40x > CD, 3D Graphics and a 56K modem. Come to > http://www.listbot.com/links/myfavoritepc2 for details. Act now > since this is a limited time offer! > ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Get a Free PC with a 3-year subscription to The Microsoft Network (after rebates). The new PC features a 400MHz Celeron, 32MB, 4GB, 40x CD, 3D Graphics and a 56K modem. Come to http://www.listbot.com/links/myfavoritepc2 for details. Act now since this is a limited time offer!
