Paet Discussed Further NATO Enlargement With US Assistant Secretary of State
16.10.2009
Foreign Minister Urmas Paet spoke with Assistant Secretary of State of the United States for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Gordon about future NATO enlargement.
Foreign Minister Paet stated that they discussed opportunities for giving a Membership Action Plan (MAP) to Montenegro and continuing close co-operation with Georgia, Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina. “For Estonia,
expanding the circle of nations that share NATO’s values and
co-operating with nations that are striving to become members is still
very important,” said Paet. “The nations that have reached the
necessary level must receive the opportunity and clear prospects to
continue preparing for NATO accession,” he added.
“Further NATO expansion and
co-operation with potential candidate countries should also be
discussed at the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in December of this
year,” Paet noted.
Paet and Gordon also discussed developments in Belarus and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent visit to Russia.
