NATO leaders back ties with Balkans trio
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NATO offered Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro on Tuesday the first step on the road to membership despite unresolved concerns over war crimes, and said other Balkan countries could expect firm invitations to join in 2008.
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NATO offered Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro on Tuesday a first step toward membership despite unresolved war crimes concerns, in a policy switch cheered by the region but condemned by the top U.N. prosecutor.
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NATO countries will endorse a plan next week to widen the alliance's role to include counter-terrorism, prevention of cyber attacks and security of natural resources, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
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"Kosovo directly affects the security and stability of our region"  Surrounded by photographers, NATO's Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, center right, talks to Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki, center left, during an informal dinner for ministers, in the ... via The Macon Telegraph
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Nato has held unprecedented ministerial talks with Israel and six Arab nations aiming to strengthen ties with friends on the allianceâs volatile southern and south-eastern flanks.
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Nato leaders welcome the relaxation of curbs on deployment of some members' troops in Afghanistan.
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The prime ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia met Monday for talks on the European Union and NATO and improving transportation and trade ties between themselves and their neighbors, including Russia.
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NATO leaders Wednesday invited Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina to join a program considered a first step toward eventual membership, but urged Serbia and Bosnia to fully cooperate with the U.N. war ...Comment
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NATO wants to finally end tensions arising from its deadly 1999 bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade and establish ties with China, a general with the alliance said in comments published here Thursday.
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NATO leaders pledged at the end of a summit Wednesday to stay the course in Afghanistan despite mounting casualties and some governments' refusal to send troops into combat in the most dangerous regions.Comment
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ATHENS, Feb 11 (IPS) - The countdown has begun to the NATO summit in  Bucharest Apr. 2-4 where Macedonia expects to be invited to join  the alliance.
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New NATO member Bulgaria and Balkan neighbours Macedonia and Albania will build a joint air defence system the ministers of defence and army chiefs of staff of the three countries agreed at a meeting in Sofia, ...
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NATO diplomats and Russia's ambassador to the alliance pledged to remain united in the fight against terror Tuesday, condemning that attack on a Russian school that left more than 350 people dead.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia -- NATO defense ministers faced a tense meeting with their Russian counterpart Friday after the Western alliance angered Moscow by agreeing to deepen cooperation with Georgia.Comment
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NATO and Russia Tuesday agreed to  boost cooperation in the fight against terrorism after a spate  of attacks on Russian soil including the Beslan school siege  that ended with at least 335 deaths.
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The German, French and Turkish leaders are holding a special three-way meeting in Berlin, with Turkish EU membership expected to be a key issue.
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Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha expressed support for neighbouring Turkey's bid to join the European Union, a report said Monday.