STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [This day in history: Karl Maria von Clausewitz, Prussian army general, was born. Famed for revolutionizing the theory of war, he served with the Russian and Prussian armies in the Napoleonic wars....Almost forgot about the first attempt to create a "European military super-state."] "If Bulgaria makes a significant progress to NATO membership it would result in a much more favorable climate for foreign investment, including U.S. investment and joint ventures. There is a direct link between economic development and Bulgaria's press for NATO membership." Bulgaria, Slovenia Should Join NATO-U.S. Official SOFIA, Jun 1, 2001 -- (Reuters) NATO should accept Bulgaria and Slovenia as members to boost democracy in the Balkans, a senior U.S. congressman said on Friday. "It would send an important message to the people in the Balkans that moving ahead to democracy and pluralism, leaving violence, is the path for the future," Doug Bereuter told reporters after meeting Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov. Bereuter headed a U.S. House of Representatives delegation to a meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly which on Thursday urged the alliance to continue expanding and called on Balkan nationalists to end bloodshed. The meeting of NATO parliamentarians, in Lithuania's capital Vilnius, also urged the alliance to invite to accession talks any European democracy seeking membership which meets entry criteria, and do so no later than NATO's 2002 summit in Prague. "I think it would be positive if both Slovenia and Bulgaria are added as members," Bereuter, a Republican congressman from Nebraska, said. Some NATO sources believe that any further expansion of the alliance may make reaching decisions impossible. They also say that countries like Bulgaria have first to prove their ability for cooperation on regional level. Bereuter said Bulgaria had made a "major contribution in peacekeeping and meeting NATO criteria", and praised the role it has played in seeking a solution to the crisis in neighboring Macedonia, with which Sofia has close ties. "Bulgaria has played important role for Macedonia, encouraging all political parties -- Slav and ethnic Albanians -- to come together and negotiate peace," Bereuter said. He said NATO membership would increase foreign investment in Bulgaria, thus helping to improve the economy and open new jobs. "If Bulgaria makes a significant progress to NATO membership it would result in a much more favorable climate for foreign investment, including U.S. investment and joint ventures. There is a direct link between economic development and Bulgaria's press for NATO membership," he said. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
