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Interview with Robin Cook, Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom at the Summit of NATO Heads of State08 Jul. 1997 is not now the organisation it once was: there to defend us against lightning attack with tanks by the Warsaw Pact. NATO certainly fulfils a role of collective defence but it also, more importantly perhaps, provides the basis for security and stability | Opinion |
Statement at the opening of the ministerial meeting of the NACC/ Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)30 May. 1997 -operation have gradually created a new quality of relations between member states of the Alliance and former Warsaw Pact states, particularly after the implementation of Partnership for Peace. The Slovak Republic has always has interest and has extended | Opinion |
Speech at Inaugural meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)30 May. 1997 all the institutions we had grown used to would be swept aside. NATO would go the way of the Warsaw Pact and the dodo bird, and we would walk hand in hand into a common European home -- a community that included everyone, but imposed true obligations | Opinion |
Statement by Süleyman Demirel, President of the Republic of Turkey, at the Signing Ceremony of the NATO-Russia Founding Act27 May. 1997 of the Alliance's goodwill and peaceful intentions, we did not hesitate to extend our friendly hand to all the former Warsaw Pact countries in 1990. Since then the Euro-Atlantic Area has gradually become more secure and more stable. The process of our dialogue | Opinion |
Political Implications of NATO Enlargement28 Apr. 1997 . There will not be the large-scale build-up of new infrastructure as these are not needed and resources will be limited. Many of the infrastructure left by the Warsaw Pact will not be used. The effort will be on integrating structures and interoperability | Opinion |
Discours du Secrétaire général délégué à la Réunion générale annuelle de l'associationdes retraités de l'OTAN26 Apr. 1997 , even after all the changes, firmly linked to its own past. I believe that the real reason that keeps NATO going and keeps its coherent is the way we work. Some people wonder why NATO has lasted so long after the end of the Warsaw Pact. What is our | Opinion |
"The Role of NATO for Europe's Security" - Address by the Deputy Secretary General at the Annual Meeting of the Deutsche...22 Apr. 1997 relevance of NATO. Why, they asked, do we still need NATO when there is no longer a Soviet threat? The Warsaw Pact has disbanded, why not NATO? I believe that events of the past few years have answered this question. Today NATO is playing a crucial part | Opinion |
Speech by the Secretary General17 Jan. 1997 standards" in every category of military equipment. Nor is NATO's enlargement a means for former Warsaw Pact countries to "get back" at Russia. On the contrary, those who join the Alliance must also be committed to a good, constructive relationship | Opinion |
Press Point of Mr. Javier Solana, NATO Secretary General and Minister Igor Rodionov, Russian Defence Minister18 Dec. 1996 USSR forces were withdrawn and Warsaw Pact forces were withdrawn. This buffer zone at present decreases the risk of armed conflicts, but this will disappear. Thirdly, if new countries are to join NATO, other steps might follow, for instance, armed | Opinion |
Address of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Hungary, H. E. Mr. László Kovács11 Dec. 1996 and genuine step on the way to a post-Cold War security arrangement, NACC has provided a good framework for the dialogue between NATO and the former members of the Warsaw Pact. I also want to say how much we appreciate the experiences of PfP established early | Opinion |
