"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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| NATO Secretary General visits Belgrade |
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NATO Secretary General Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer met with Serbian President Boris Tadic, Prime Minister
Vojislav Kostunica, as well as the Foreign and Defence Ministers
during a visit to Belgrade, 8 March.
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| Major operation launched in southern
Afghanistan |
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At the request of the Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security
Assistance Force and Afghan National Security Forces launched
Operation Achilles early on 6 March.
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| NATO and Japan finalize framework for
cooperation in Afghanistan |
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NATO’s Assistant Secretary
General for Political Affairs, Martin Erdmann, finalized on 8 March
in Tokyo with the Japanese authorities a framework for NATO-Japan
cooperation in Afghanistan.
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| Czech Prime Minister discusses operations and
missile defence at NATO |
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During a visit to NATO HQ, 5
March, the new Czech Prime Minister, Mirek Topolanek, said his
country will send additional forces to Afghanistan.
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| Egyptian Foreign Minister visits NATO HQ
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Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, met with the
Secretary General of NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, on 5 March at NATO
Headquarters.
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| Conference introduces Bosnia, Montenegro and
Serbia to Partnership for Peace |
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Military officials from NATO’s
three new Partner countries – Bosnia, Montenegro and Serbia – took
part in a special conference in Naples, 26-27 February, which
examined ways of facilitating their participation in NATO’s
Partnership for Peace programme.
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| NATO-supported Iraqi cadets pass key training
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240 cadets from the
NATO-supported Iraqi Military Academy passed a key warfare training
exercise in February, proving they were ready to advance from
intermediate to senior training.
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