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AFP. 16 January 2002. NATO candidates to meet in March. BUCHAREST -- Leaders of nine ex-communist nations hoping to join NATO will meet in Bucharest in March as they prepare for a November summit that could grant them membership. The Romanian capital will host the meeting of government heads on March 25-26, the latest such high-level gathering of the NATO hopefuls ahead of the November summit in Prague, said Prime Minister Adrian Nastase. Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are all formal candidates to join NATO. Three ex-communist countries -- the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary -- joined in March 1999. "The year 2002 will be marked by an acceleration in the reform of the Romanian army," said Nastase, trumpeting his own country's plans. NATO head George Robertson reiterated Wednesday in Brussels that membership was not a "gift" and gave no inkling which candidates will get the nod in Prague. "I don't know the answer and nobody knows the answer," he said. NATO foreign ministers are due to meet in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik in May to discuss the alliance's enlargement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews ==^================================================================ 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 ==^================================================================
