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| The US-Adriatic Charter |
| 2005-11-15 |
| (third item) On Tuesday Balkan defense ministers congregate in Skopje for a two-day meeting of the U.S.-Adriatic Charter signatories. NATO representatives will attend along with U.S. government officials. Albania, Croatia, Macedonia and the United States signed the U.S.-Adriatic Charter in Tirana on May 2, 2003. The following month, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution supporting the U.S.-Adriatic Charter and supporting the candidacy of Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia for NATO membership. The Skopje session will discuss issues involving NATO and European Union integration, regional security, and deepening bilateral military cooperation among members. Bulgarian Minister of Defense Veselin Bliznakov, Macedonian Defense Minister Jovan Manasijevski, Croatian Defense Minister Berislav Roncevic and Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu will meet with invited guests Greek Defense Minister Spilios Spiliotopoulos, Serbian and Montenegrin Defense Minister Zoran Stankovic and Bosnia and Herzegovina Defense Minister Nikola Radovanovic. Croatian Defense Minister Berislav Roncevic is unable to attend, so Ministry of Defense State Secretary Mate Raboteg will represent Croatia. Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski will open the conference. The participants will end the session by issuing a joint statement. Somewhere, under the radar, skies are blue... |
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