Remarks
by
F. Trillo-Figueroa Martnez Conde,
Minister of Defence of Spain
In the first place I want
to express the concern of my country about the increasing
climbing of terrorist activity in the FYROM. Joint to the
most energic condemnation to the violence of these extremist
groups, we must show our highest solidarity to the FYROM
government in its efforts for achieving the pacification
of the zone and to encourage them to continue in the road
of moderation and dialogue.
The same repulse and condemnation that we must show
to those who, overtly or covertly, encourage or give their
support to these groups and their methods.
Violence is not a mean to reach any political objective.
The European society must be built with the maximum respect
to the democratic values, among them the dialogue and
the respect to the minorities, but never on the violency
of some few to impose their willing.
The situation in the rest of Balkans allow us to be more
optimistic. The situation in Southern Serbia is in the
way of solution thanks to the efforts of the new government,
but it will not be possible to advance in this processus
without the total colaboration of the Albanese minority,
which is to whom the efforts are directed, in Kosovo,
the recent adoption of "the Constitutional Framework
for the Selfgovernment of Kosovo" and the calling
for elections in forthcoming november, is a fundamental
pace for the solution of this crisis within the maximum
respect to the UN resolution 1244.
At last, Bosnia continues being a constant focus of
concern where permanently "raise from the death"
the desintegrating forces. This situation can not last
eternally without international community get tired of
it and abandon its support to the processus.
All seems to aim at the necessity of a generational
change of the political leaders that, due to their participation
in its immediate past, do not have generosity and width
looking enough to take out their country from the well
of a civilian war and to face up to a better future.
The colaboration that allied and partner countries are
keeping on in the balcans has served to estimulate the
creation of a framework and the necessary "tools"
to regulate it.
The reports presented to us include stimulating advances
for this colaboration, that will benefit a better efficacy,
if it is possible, of the operations we are carrying out
or in those we could develope jointly in the future.
The ministerial guidance suppose an excellent and well
balenced guidance, and constitutes a starting point for
the next partnership goals cycle.
In the line with the previous ministerial guidance,
approved a year and a half ago, the guidance we approve
today gives continuity to the partnership goals of the
previous cycle instead of defining a new ones. Whitout
any doubt, this will allow nations to concentrate their
efforts in a single direction, what is the only way to
get a pool of effective and interoperable forces in the
future. The current revision process that finalizes today,
reinforces this necessity.
I am conscious that resources are scarce, problem that
not only affects to the PARP but also to the force planning
of allied countries. For that reason we need to do a greater
economic effort which allow the armed forces to enhance
and adapt by means of lasting and complex reform processes
and to accomplish at the same time with the assigned partnership
goals.
Foreign aid is an important factor at the time of achieving
these objectives. Spain, by means of bilateral cooperation
programs -yesterday we signed one of them with Latvia
- is ready to supply this aid as in fact she is doing
so with some countries.
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