Press Release (2003)118 13 October 2003

NATO Secretary General to attend the first Pristina-Belgrade talks in Vienna on 14 October 2003 The Secretary General of NATO, Lord Robertson, will be travelling to Vienna on 14 October 2003 in order to attend the opening of the first Pristina-Belgrade direct talks under the auspices of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and supported by NATO, the European Union and the OSCE. The talks will be chaired by the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Kosovo (SRSG), Mr. Harri Holkeri and will focus on practical issues of mutual concern for Pristina and Belgrade. The Secretary General's schedule is subject to change. For further information please contact NATO Press and Media Service in Brussels, tel: + 32 2 707 50 41, fax : + 32 2 707 50 57. News and information are posted regularly on the NATO Web Site. These include audio files, transcriptions and photographs for publication, which are posted as quickly as possible after events of interest to the media. Click on “What’s New?”

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