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Lord Robertson starts
tour of countries aspiring to NATO membership
NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, started his tour of the nine partner
countries aspiring for NATO membership with a visit to Slovakia on 5 November.
He met with President Rudolf Schuster, Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda,
the Minister of Foreign Affairs Eduard Kukan, the Minister of Defence Jozef
Stank and members of the Slovak Parliament. They discussed the progress
made by Slovakia in meeting the membership criteria set out by the Alliance.
Lord Robertson reiterated that no decisions would be taken before next year
when NATO will be officially inviting countries to join the Alliance at
its Summit in November 2002.
Lord Robertson's next visit will be to Slovenia. The other seven aspiring
countries are: Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania
and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1).
- Turkey
recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.
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