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Date Posted: 08:22:49 05/20/02 Mon
Author: UzReport.com
Subject: Uzbekistan Joins Crowd Of 17 Potential NATO Candidates

Uzbekistan Joins Crowd Of 17 Potential NATO Candidates

UzReport.com Posted 17.05.2002 02:31

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, left, shares a word with Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov at NATO meeting (AP Photo)

After concluding a deal strengthening ties with Russia, NATO foreign ministers reached out Wednesday to other former Soviet states in an effort to stabilize the volatile Caucasus and Central Asian regions, AP reported on May 15.

Secretary-General George Robertson welcomed vigorous efforts to strengthen and establish relationships in the region in the face of the common terror threat as an important extension of NATO's 53-year alliance.

"North America, Europe and Central Asia are now part of a political community that is unprecedented in its breadth, in its inclusiveness and in its capacity to work together," Robertson said on the last day of a NATO foreign ministers' meeting in the Icelandic capital, which was also attended by Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Komilov.

Fostering those relationships, NATO foreign ministers met with 46 nations, many from the old Soviet sphere of influence, to assess closer cooperation in the face of shared threats. They also met with 10 Eastern European candidates hoping to receive an invitation to join during a special summit in Prague in November.

Addressing a meeting of the 19 alliance members, 10 candidate nations and 17 other countries ranging from Albania to Ireland and Uzbekistan, Robertson urged the foreign ministers not to squander the unprecedented sense of common purpose that has prevailed since the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States.

"In the face of new threats, one of our strongest weapons has been our new relationships," he said.

Indeed, a spirit of solidarity pervaded the two days of meetings.
http://www.uzreport.com/eng/disp_news.cfm?ch=301&dep=34&vrec=4315

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