[A-List] 300 Participants, 35 Nations: NATO Meets On Mideast, Africa, Asia Partnerships

["Tony B." <tal1@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Rick Rozoff
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Subject: [stopnato] 300 Participants, 35 Nations: NATO Meets On Mideast, 
Africa, Asia Partnerships


http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2008/01-january/e0123a.html

NATO International
January 23, 2008

Focus on NATO's partnerships

Some 300 participants from 35 countries all around the
world have gathered for a major two-day event, on 23
and 24 January, focused on NATO's partnerships with
non-member countries and other international
organizations.

The annual Partnership for Peace (PfP) Planning
Symposium at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany,
is a flagship event in NATO's agenda.
....
In the past, the event has been largely devoted to
activities within the Euro-Atlantic Partnership
framework.

This year, it will also focus on cooperation with
countries participating in the Mediterranean Dialogue
and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative as well as
relations with other non-member countries that have
less formal relationships with NATO but share NATO's
values and contribute to NATO-led operations.

Often referred to as "contact countries", these
include Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the Republic
of Korea.
....
On the first day, the plenary session will focus on
progress being made in implementing the initiatives to
strengthen NATO's partnerships that were taken at
NATO's Riga Summit in November 2006.

Keynote speakers include the Finnish Foreign
Ministry's Undersecretary of State for Political
Affairs, the Egyptian and Kuwaiti Ambassadors to
Belgium, and a senior academic at the Japanese
Institute for International Affairs.

Parallel working groups in the afternoon will look at
partnerships from different angles: how to find common
ground between Allies and Partners in terms of
interests and goals; how to make better use of
Partnership tools in cooperation with countries that
do not participate in the Partnership for Peace; and
lessons learned from cooperation with partners in the
context of the NATO-led operation in Afghanistan.

Future perspectives

The second day focuses on the future. The plenary
session looks ahead to expectations and aspirations
for the Bucharest Summit in April 2008 and NATO's 60th
anniversary summit in 2009.

Key note speakers include the Romanian Foreign
Ministry's Secretary of State for the organization of
the 2008 Summit and a senior academic at the Royal
Military Academy of the Netherlands.

The parallel working groups in the afternoon will look
at what future course NATO's partnership and
cooperation policy should take; at the potential for
cooperation with other international organizations;
and at whether the experience of promoting stability
through integration in the Western Balkans could be
applied to other regions.

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