James Appathurai Quotes (8 Quotes)

What is clear is that the allies are deeply concerned with the conduct of the elections and are looking carefully at the relationship with Belarus.

There is a shared determination to push forward with the expansion of the mission.

NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it is currently doing. NATO is continuing to do what it has been doing for many months, and that is airlifting in and out African Union battalions as well as providing training.

There is a discussion underway amongst allies on the extent to which we need to in someway formalize these relationships.

Sofia will be an opportunity for foreign ministers to look forward to Riga. Indeed, this whole ministerial meeting is a stepping stone toward the very important Riga summit. But they will have a discussion on enlargement.

All nations agree that ISAF and OEF need to work more closely together, and that when NATO takes over operations throughout the country that there must be unity of command,

ISAF, the NATO-led mission, will not be engaged in search and destroy missions for terrorist leaders as a principle mission. That is Operation Enduring Freedom's job. They are hunting terrorist leadership and terrorists. Operation Enduring has its own rules of engagement. They are quite broad, of course. Where ISAF may encounter insurgents who might impede them from carrying out their mission, then they can take action.

On Iran, let's be clear. There has been absolutely no discussion in NATO of military action.