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Updated: 05-Mar-2002 Week of 19-25 November 2001

20 Nov. 2001
NATO Military Committee holds annual meeting

The Military Committee, NATO's highest military authority, has held a series of four meetings at NATO HQ, Brussels: on 20 November, it first met in Chiefs of Staff session and in Chiefs of Staff session with Ukraine in the afternoon; on 21 November, it met with the Chiefs of Staff from the other member countries of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in the morning (Euro-Atlantic Partnership Military Committee) and with Russia in the afternoon.

20 Nov. 2001
New Chairman of NATO's Military Committee elected

General Harald Kujat, German Air Force, German Chief of Staff, has been elected by the Military Committee -NATO's highest military authority- to become its Chairman after the June Ministerial meetings next year.

21 Nov. 2001
International seminar on security in the Mediterranean
The Fourth Mediterranean Dialogue International Research Seminar was held at the NATO Defence College in Rome from 21 to 24 November 2001. This year, the focus was on "Shaping a new security agenda for the future of regional co-operation in the Mediterranean region".
21-23 Nov. 2001
A new impetus to NATO-Russia relations

NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson has just returned from a three-day visit to Russia, 21-23 November, where he travelled to Moscow and Volgograd, in the south of the country. During his trip, Lord Robertson met with government officials and visited schools and academic institutions where he gave speeches on the evolution of NATO-Russia relations.

21 Nov. 2001
Proposals for closer NATO-Russia relations

Defining a new level of partnership with Russia and exploring ways of developing this relationship was the purpose of NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson's visit to Russia, 21-23 November.