"NATO Update" provides
up-to-date news
on NATO
activities and
events.
Conceived for
the general
public, it aims to give a
broad
overview of
Alliance-wide initiatives.
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| Secretary General visits United States |
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27 Oct 2006
- NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met on 27
October with President Bush, with Secretaries Rice and Rumsfeld, as
well as with Stephen Hadley, Assistant to the President For National
Security Affairs.
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| Record drug seizure in Afghanistan |
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Joint efforts
of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the
Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police have permitted
the recent record seizure of two loads of drugs in Afghanistan.
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| NATO Secretary General visits Russia |
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On 26 October
the NATO Secretary General met with President Putin and discussed
the key issues on the NATO-Russia agenda, including how to deepen
military-to-military cooperation and how to further stimulate
political exchanges between the Allies and Russia.
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| Missile defence and ground surveillance
progress |
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Armaments
Directors from the 26 NATO countries moved forward on two key NATO
capabilities initiatives, Alliance Ground Surveillance and Active
Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence.
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| NATO and Russia ‘counter’ dirty bomb |
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Emergency
teams from NATO and Russia tackled the consequences of a simulated
“dirty bomb†attack in Italy in exercise “Lazio 2006â€Â, which ended
on 26 October.
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| NATO chief discusses Riga, Afghanistan in
Berlin |
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During a visit
to Berlin, 25 October, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
repeated his call for the entire international community to remain
engaged in Afghanistan.
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| Hungarian Revolution commemorated at
NATO |
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A special
exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian
Revolution was opened at NATO Headquarters on 25 October.
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| NATO Public Diplomacy Conference in
Israel |
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On 23 October
2006, the Deputy Secretary General of NATO H.E. Ambassador
Alessandro Minuto Rizzo and the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Israel H.E. Ms. Tzipi Livni opened a two-day
conference on: “NATO ’s Transformation, the Mediterranean Dialogue,
NATO-Israel Relations", co-sponsored by NATO Public Diplomacy
Division and the Atlantic Forum of Israel in Herzliya.
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| OSCE Chairman briefs NATO Council |
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The
Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation
in Europe (OSCE), Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, addressed
the North Atlantic Council on 25 October.
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