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Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers Taormina, Italy - 9-10 February 2006 Content News Latest photos, speeches, audio Media information Biographies Defence Ministers Permanent Representatives Secretary General Senior partner government officials News Ministers underscore commitment to NATO Response Force Meeting in Taormina, Italy, 9-10 February, NATO Defence Ministers discussed the steps necessary to ensure that NATO’s 25,000-strong expeditionary Response Force is fully up and running by the end of this year. More... Thursday 9 February - Taormina   Sights of Taormina       Sights of Taormina II       Arrivals of Defence Ministers - Sigonella Air Base   Informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers     16h00 Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ENG MP3/2241Kb Remarks by Antonio Martino, Minister of Defence of Italy ENG MP3/1484Kb 18h45 News conference by the NATO Secretary General and the Italian Minister of Defence     Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ENG MP3/2377Kb Remarks by Antonio Martino, Minister of Defence of Italy ENG MP3/1645Kb Questions and answers ENG MP3/6866Kb Reception for Ministers       Remarks by Antonio Martino, Minister of Defence of Italy     Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer     Friday 10 February - Taormina 8h00 NATO-Russia Bilateral meeting     Informal meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) at the level of Ministers of Defence     09h00 Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ENG MP3/1636Kb 10h15 News conference   Statement to the press by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ENG MP3/4126Kb Questions and answers MP3/5287Kb 10h45 Statement to the press by Sergei Ivanov, Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation   MP3/35775Kb Questions and answers     Statement to the press by John Reid, Secretary of Defence of the United Kingdom     MP3/12359Kb Questions and answers     Informal working luncheon of NATO and Mediterranean Dialogue Defence Ministers     13h15 Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ENG MP3/2659Kb 14h50 Official group photograph of NATO and Mediterranean Dialogue Defence Ministers   15h00 News conference   Statement to the press by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ENG MP3/6816Kb   Questions and answers   MP3/7024Kb (Poor audio quality)   Visit to the Russian missile cruiser, Moskva in the harbour of Messina, Sicily     Media Information NATO Press Release (2005)166 - 21 Dec. 2005 Informal meeting of Defence Ministers (Taormina – IDM 2006) Taormina, Italy 9-10 February 2006 OTAN Communiqué de presse (2005)166 - 21 Dec. 2005 Réunion informelle des Ministres de la Défense (Taormina - IDM 2006) Taormine, Italie 9-10 février 2006 Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.