Embassy Highlights

Bucharest Prepares for the NATO Summit

NATO Summit Bucharest 2008.

U.S. Embassy staff in Romania are now fully engaged in supporting the American delegation to the upcoming NATO summit in Bucharest (April 2 – 4) which will be the largest NATO summit to-date. Heads of state and other government leaders from all 26 NATO allies, as well as of 23 partner countries, including Russia, will attend. The U.S. delegation to the Summit is expected to include President Bush, Secretary Rice and Secretary Gates. This summit is not only large but comes at a critical time for the alliance. Key issues likely to be discussed will be the ISAF mission and progress in Afghanistan, Kosovo independence and peace and stability in the Balkans, NATO-Russia relations, and NATO enlargement.

NATO Related Info:
• Byliner: Senator Richard Lugar on Vital Role of NATO in Afghanistan - Continued support from Europe necessary, key senator says.
• Report: NATO and the European Union ( .PDF file, 27 pages.)
• Report: Bosnia and the European Union Military Force (EUFOR): Post-NATO Peacekeeping ( .PDF file, 6 pages.)
• Report: NATO in Afghanistan: A Test of the Transatlantic Alliance ( .PDF file, 29 pages.)
• Byliner: Afghanistan and NATO: Forging the 21^st Century Alliance. Brookings Institution; address by NATO Sec Gen Scheffer. February 29, 2008.
( .PDF file, 54 pages.)

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