----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 5:14 PM Subject: [STOPNATO] Romania seeks place in NATO STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM Romanian Defense Minister Reaffirms Wish to Integrate with NATO http://www.centraleurope.com/romaniatoday/news.php3?id=173583 --- Sat, July 1, 2000 Prague 06:09 pm N.Y. 12:09 pm Romanian Defense Minister Reaffirms Wish to Integrate with NATO BUCHAREST, Jun 29, 2000 -- (BBC Monitoring) Romanian Defense Minister Sorin Frunzaverde on Wednesday [28th June], met Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen Joseph W. Ralston. "We have reaffirmed Romania's wish for the integration with NATO, a wish that is supported by the Romanian political class," Sorin Frunzaverde said at the end of talks with Gen Ralston, adding that the best example in this respect was the endorsement by Romania's parliament of the Romanian battalion in Bosnia. The minister of defense said the national plan for Romania's integration with NATO had been approached during talks. He also said that the "integration with the North-Atlantic Alliance is regarded as a team activity, first of all with the NATO structures, in the various bodies of the Alliance, and, secondly, at a bilateral level, with NATO member countries, such as Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, countries that are sharing their experience with us." "NATO should create crisis facilities in the Balkans, facilities that are related to the management of the air space and the setting up of a center for the road traffic management," Romania's defense minister also said. Frunzaverde added that Romania would continue to support NATO in all its demarches for achieving peace, stability and security in the area. In his turn, Gen Joseph Ralston said he was responsible for advising Romania's military and political authorities on the integration with NATO, the visit being necessary to get a clear image of Romania's situation. Source: Rompres news agency, Bucharest, in English 1131 GMT 28 Jun 00 (C) 2000 BBC Monitoring ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Support Antiwar.com http://Antiwar.com and also the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space http://www.globenet.free-online.co.uk. +Make nonviolent peace. Speak truth to power. Pray for one another. Be merciful. Love your enemies. Forgive those who've hurt you. Come Lord Jesus Christ. Deo Gratias.+ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb
