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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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said that Europeâs security is directly tied to NATOâs success in Afghanistan.
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Albania, Bulgaria and Macedonia will sign Tuesday a trilateral memorandum of understanding to build an oil pipeline linking Bulgaria's Black Sea port of Burgas with Albania's Adriatic port of Vlore, officials ...
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Nato's leader backs the move to expand into all of Afghanistan despite not having all the troops needed.
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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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Albania, Croatia and Macedonia said they were ready to increase their participation in NATO operations and pledged to further develop cooperation in their bid to join the alliance.
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Overcoming objections by France and Belgium, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has reached a decision to send more help to Iraq.
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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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ATHENS  - The government said Friday it would block neighbouring Macedonia from joining NATO or the European Union unless a name dispute with the Balkan republic is resolved.
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Iraq war opponents France, Germany and  Russia Monday hailed elections in the country as a success and,  in a sign of warming transatlantic ties, pledged to back U.S.  efforts to restore stability.
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VILNIUS/KABUL  - NATO's top official rejected on Thursday U.S. concern that some member countries were not pulling their weight in the fighting in Afghanistan.
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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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RIGA, Latvia -- In a show of solidarity, NATO leaders agreed yesterday to come to one another's aid in emergencies anywhere in Afghanistan, but their summit did not muster significant reinforcements for operations in Taliban strongholds.
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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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In a show of solidarity, NATO leaders agreed Wednesday to come to each other's aid in emergencies anywhere in Afghanistan, but their summit failed to muster significant reinforcements for operations in Taliban strongholds.
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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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The referendum result has expressed Macedonia commitment to move towards the Euro-Atlantic institutions, British Parliament Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Donald Anderson said Thursday in Skopje.