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1979: The Soviet Union deploys its SS20 missiles and NATO responds04 Mar. 2009 Union. In the late 50s Tito took Yugoslavia outside the Soviet orbit although he maintained of course a communist state. Albania did not join the Warsaw Pact but went the way of China. Even those two great monoliths of the communist bloc themselves | |
Foreign Affairs Ministers to discuss key transatlantic issues04 Mar. 2009 The meeting will start with a session of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with Invitees Albania and Croatia, where Ministers will exchange views on the situation in Afghanistan and discuss support for the upcoming elections. NATO Secretary General | News |
Albania conference reviews NATO’s role in the Balkans26 Feb. 2009 Albania conference reviews NATO’s role | News |
Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer20 Feb. 2009 a situation at the summit in Strasbourg and Kehl, that we can greet Albania and Croatia in the NATO family. And I think everyone involved, including in Slovenia, should do everything they can to make that happen. So I'm not hiding my concern | |
Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer after the Informal Meeting of NATO Defence Ministers, with Invitees, with non-NATO ISAF Contributing Nations19 Feb. 2009 done up till now. As you know, the 26 NATO Ministers and the two Ministers of the invited countries, Albania and Croatia, began with a working lunch which focused on operations and Afghanistan, as might be expected, was a key topic. A theme, of course | Opinion |
Defence Ministers to review operations, transformation in Cracow19 Feb. 2009 . The meetings will start on Thursday with an Informal Working Lunch of NATO Defence Ministers, with Invitees Albania and Croatia. The focus will be operations in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and also piracy and what role the Alliance might play in the near future | |
Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai17 Feb. 2009 questions. The meeting formally begins with an informal working lunch at 12:30. We'll go from 12:30 to 15:00. That will be a working lunch of NATO Defence Ministers with the invitees of course - Croatia and Albania. There will be no public opening | Opinion |
Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai11 Feb. 2009 working lunch of the NATO Defence Ministers with invitees, Croatia and Albania. NATO only, where I believe Afghanistan will be a principal topic of discussion, and in particular election support will be one of the key topics. How do we provide the forces | Opinion |
Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai05 Feb. 2009 Slovenia and Croatia has reached and can it endanger the agenda of the upcoming summit in terms of having either 26 or 28 members? APPATHURAI: Our aim is to welcome Albania and Croatia fully into the NATO family by the time of the summit | Opinion |
Transatlantic Leadership For A New Era - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Security and Defence Agenda26 Jan. 2009 bring the parties together, because I do think that NATO and the European Union really need as close a strategic partnership as is possible. After all, we share 21 allies as we speak, and after hopefully Albania and Croatia will join NATO and you know | Opinion |
