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New.BG January 10, 2002 Bulgaria must become a part of the anti-terrorist front in Afghanistan, President Petar Stoyanov said President Petar Stoyanov carried out two consecutive working meetings at the presidential office. Firstly, he received the British Gen. Sir Jeremy Mackenzie, who is the current consultant on the Bulgarian Plan 2004 for reforms in Bulgarian Army, and after that the received the leader of the European Commission delegation to Bulgaria Dimitris Kurkulas. President Petar Stoyanov and Gen. Mackenzie expressed their position about the forthcoming participation of Bulgarian servicemen in the peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan. President Petar Stoyanov said that Bulgaria should be a part of the anti-terrorist front, while the British General, who is a former Deputy Supreme Commander of the NATO forces in Europe, said that the inclusion of Bulgaria in the operation would be a "showcase" of the joint participation. According to President Petar Stoyanov and Mackenzie, the reform in Bulgarian Army must have the support of Bulgarian society, and on the other part, taxpayers in the member countries of NATO should know about the social price that Bulgaria must pay for the reform. Speaking to News.bg Agency, Gen. Mackenzie said that the new variant of Plan 2004 was better, and added that the chances of Bulgaria for an early membership of NATO were unknown for him, although it was sure that Bulgaria was making every effort to fulfill the requirements for membership. He emphasized that the problem with the SS-23 missiles was internal and its development would not influence the opinion of the Alliance for the reforms in Bulgaria. Dimitris Kurkulas said to President Petar Stoyanov that according to him Bulgaria was making efforts in the right direction as for joining the European Union. Speaking for News.bg Agency, he said that European Union was completely committed to the process of joining Bulgaria to the European Union. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
