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The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer travelled to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland on 11-13 March 2009. His visit coincided with the 10th anniversary of these countries’ entry into the Alliance.

In Budapest,  the Secretary General held talks with President Laszlo Solyom, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz and Speaker of the Parliament Katalin Szili. He also spoke at the conference “Ten Years in NATO: A Decade of Security”.

In Prague he met with President Vaclav Klaus, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova. Additionally, the Secretary General took part in the European Union Informal session of Defence Ministers and delivered a speech at the conference “NATO Enlargement Ten Years On: Achievements, Challenges, Prospects”.

In Warsaw, there were consultations with President Lech Kaczynski, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and Defence Minister Bogdan Klich. He also gave a key note address at the conference “NATO-Challenges and Tasks Ahead”.

As well as acknowledging the role played by all three countries in the past ten years, the main topics of discussion were key items on NATO’s current agenda, including preparations for the 60th anniversary summit in Kehl/Strasbourg, the ISAF operation in Afghanistan, enlargement of the Alliance, relations with Russia and the defence transformation process.

During his trip the Secretary General received high national decorations from all three countries, in recognition of his work in fostering good relations and strengthening NATO’s role between Allies and Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.