George Robertson
George Robertson
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The NATO nations wanted to help an ally. They wanted to be sure they were standing by one of the NATO allies when there was a threat.
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Today we've sent AWACS aircraft and patriot missiles and chem-bio defensive equipment to Turkey, another ally in trouble, under threat, asking for help, ... That's what the alliance of free nations is all about.
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NATO nations have assumed their collective responsibilities toward Turkey, a nation at the moment under threat.
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There is only a disagreement about timing, and that relates specifically to the timelines laid down by the United Nations in relation to inspections.
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There is a disagreement on timing at the moment by a small number of nations, but there is no disagreement on substance at all. This is not some sort of bust-up.
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Having analyzed the situation, NATO has called for these reinforcements, and nations have already responded to this call, ... We will have enough troops to deal with the problems in Kosovo.
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The ball is now firmly in the court of the Macedonian government to deliver on the political dialogue and the cease fire in order to allow NATO's help to come into effect,
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I have no doubt at all about Germany's commitment to respond to a plea from a NATO member to have protection,
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That said, ... I would urge you to ensure the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's security forces show restraint and fully abide by the military technical agreement provisions.
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The message of NATO and the message of these demonstrators is very clear: Milosevic is a loser
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The military targets ... have been successfully hit,
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The military objective was and remains to disrupt Serb violence and to weaken the military machine that has been the instrument of the genocidal attacks on the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo,
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The world is watching and the politicians know they have an obligation that they must fulfil. NATO has delivered -- it is now up to the parliamentarians to deliver again.
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The U.S. is still developing its thinking, ... They will come back to the alliance in due course when their plans are crystallized.