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Updated: 23-Jun-2005 11:06 NATO Ministerial Meetings

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Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence
NATO HQ, Brussels, 9-10 June 2005

Contents
Speeches, photos and audio from the event
Biographies
Multimedia
News
Defence Ministers discuss boosting NATO’s capabilities
9 Jun. - Meeting at NATO HQ on 9-10 June, NATO Ministers of Defence have discussed new ideas for further transforming the Alliance’s capability to take on 21st century military operations where and when necessary.

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9 Jun. 2005 - Green light for NATO support to African Union for Darfur
9 Jun. 2005 - Alliance to deploy extra troops for Afghan elections
10 Jun. 2005 - NATO and Russia move forward on interoperability
10 Jun. 2005 - Ukraine and NATO discuss defence reform, operations
9 Jun. 2005 - Kosovo peacekeeping force to maintain full capability
9 Jun. 2005 - NATO-Russia defence expenditures available online
 

Audio will be broadcast live

Thursday 9 June (all times GMT +2)
  Arrivals of Ministers of Defence  
   
09:00 Meeting of the Nuclear Defence Planning Group (NPG) at level of Ministers of Defence, followed by meeting of Defence Planning Committee (DPC)        
  NATO-Russia compendium of Financial and Economic Data relating to Defence ENG.
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  PR/CP (2005)075 - Final Communique - Ministerial Meeting Of the Defence Planning Committee and the Nuclear Planning Group ENG.
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10:45 Meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Defence Ministers  
   
  Opening remarks by the NATO Secretary General ENG .MP3
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  PR/CP (2005)076 - Final Communique - Meeting Of The North Atlantic Council      
12:50 Official group photograph of the NATO Ministers of Defence  
   
14:45 Secretary General’s news conference
15:00 News conference by the US Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld  
  News conference by the French Minister of Defence Michèle Alliot-Marie
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15:30 Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) at the level of Ministers of Defence  
  Opening remarks by the NATO Secretary General
  Statement - Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council    
16:30 Secretary General’s news conference    
  Press Conference by Sergey Ivanov, Russian Minister of Defence
 
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(Russian)
 
  NATO-Ukraine bilateral meeting
 
   
17:00 Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) at the level of Ministers of Defence  
   
  Opening remarks by the NATO Secretary General  
  Opening remarks by Anatoliy Gritsenko, Minister of Defence of Ukraine    
  PR/CP (2005)077 - Statement - Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission      
18:15 Joint press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Anatoliy Gritsenko, Minister of Defence of Ukraine
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Friday 10 June
  Arrivals of Ministers of Defence  
   
09:30 Meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) at the level of Ministers of Defence  
   
  Opening remarks by the NATO Secretary General .WMV
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  PR/CP (2005)078 - Chairman’s Summary of the Meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council      
  Speech By Mr. Gűnther Platter, Defence Minister of the Federal Republic of Austria      
  Statement by Colonel-General Safar Abiyev,Minister Of Defense of Azerbaijan      
  Address by H.E. Mate Raboteg,State Secretary of Defence of the Republic of Croatia      
  Statement by Defence Minister Seppo Kääriäinen, Finland      
  Address by H.E. Mr. Jovan MANASIJEVSKI, Minister of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(1)      
  Discours de M. Valeriu Plesca, Ministre of de la Défense de Modavie      
  Statement by Ambassador Raimund Kunz, Switzerland      
  Speech by Director Johan Raeder, the Swedish Ministry of Defence of Sweden      
  Speech by Dr. Anatoliy Grytsenko, Minister of Defence of Ukraine      
  Speech by Dr. John Reid, UK Secretary of State for Defence      
  Bilateral Meeting between Armenian Defence Minister, Serzh Sargsyan and NATO Secretary General  
   
11:35 Official group photograph  
   
11:45 Secretary General’s closing news conference
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Media Information

NATO Press Release (2005)070 - 30 May 2005
Defence Ministers Meeting - Brussels, 9-10 June 2005
OTAN Communiqué de presse (2005)070 - 30 mai 2005
Réunions des ministres de la Défense - Bruxelles, 9-10 juin 2005

1.Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.