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NATO Defense Ministers Discuss Alliance's Future

Defense ministers of all the 19 NATO members gathered in Brussels Thursday to discuss the threats and opportunities that the alliance will face in the new century.


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Defense ministers of all the 19 NATO members gathered in Brussels Thursday to discuss the threats and opportunities that the alliance will face in the new century.

The meeting will address the "deep and continuing adaptation to 21st century threats as well as the opportunities that lie ahead,"NATO Secretary-General George Robertson said.

In his statement at the opening of the two-day ministerial meeting, Robertson said the alliance launched a three-pronged strategy at its Prague summit last November "to modernize fundamentally our alliance capabilities: the Prague Capabilities Commitments, the NATO Response Force and the Command Structure Review."

"Today we will review the progress achieved to date and provide guidance on the next stages of this transformation, which is so critical to preparing the alliance for 21st century operations," the NATO chief told the ministers who attended the meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the decision-making body of the organization.

"I am personally extremely gratified by the considerable progress that I know has already been achieved, both in NATO capitals and here at NATO (headquarters)," he said.

"Clearly more needs to be done. Yet my mantra of 'capabilities,capabilities, capabilities' is no longer a solo effort, but a harmony of 19 nations meeting their commitments and delivering substantial capability improvements," Robertson said.


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