Press
Release
M-EAPC-2
(2000)116
6 Dec. 2000
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Chairman's
summary
of the meeting
of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
in Defence Ministers Session
- The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
Defence Ministers met today in Brussels. Special Envoy of the
UN Secretary General to the Balkans, Mr. Carl Bildt addressed
the Ministers and provided his views on recent developments in
the Balkans and the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Joseph
Ralston, provided a military update on the KFOR and SFOR operations.
- Ministers welcomed the democratic changes in the Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia as a positive step towards enhancing security and
stability in the region. They welcomed the admittance of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia to international organisations and noted
the importance of seeking the cooperation of the Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia on issues related to the full implementation of
the Dayton Peace Accords
and UNSC Resolution
1244. Ministers reviewed the ongoing NATO-led peacekeeping
missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo and reaffirmed the need
for SFOR and KFOR to continue their missions within current troop
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