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NATO HQ - 8 December 2005

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A meeting at NATO Headquarters on 8 December allowed NATO Foreign Ministers to discuss a broad range of strategic political issues in the transatlantic dialogue.

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  NATO - Kazakhstan bilateral meeting      
  NATO - US bilateral meeting      
  Working dinner of Ministers of Foreign Affairs      

Thursday 8 December- NATO HQ
07h30 Arrivals at NATO headquarters      
Meeting of the North Atlantic Council      
08h00 Working breakfast of the North Atlantic Council  
10h15 Start of formal meeting of the Council
Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General and award ceremony
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10h30 News conference by the NATO Spokesman .MP3 11586Kb  
  PR/CP (2005)158 - Final Communique - Ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Council ENG.
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12h20 Official group photograph    
  News conferences:        
12h30 by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer .MP3 9148Kb  
12h45 by Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State ENG .MP3 8154Kb  
  by Philippe Douste-Blazy, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France FR/
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  by Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany   .MP3 7353Kb
(German)
 
Meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council      
13h10 Working luncheon of EAPC Foreign Ministers    
Statement of H.E. Mr. B.E. Vasily Pugachev, First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus ENG      
Statement of H.E. Mr. Gela Bezhuashvili,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
ENG      
  Déclaration de l'Amb. Thomas Feller, Chef du Centre de politique de sécurité internationale,
Département fédéral des affaires étrangères de la Suisse
FR.      
PR/CP (2005)160 - Chairman’s Summary of the Meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council        
14h50 Official group photograph  
14h55 Inauguration of the NATO-Russia photo exhibition ENG
Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council      
15h15 Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ENG .MP3 1661Kb .WMV 2005Kb
Statement - Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council ENG.
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16h35 News conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer  ENG  
  News conference by H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia    
Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission  
   
17h00 Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer  ENG .WMV 3599Kb
Opening remarks by Borys Tarasyuk, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine ENG  
PR/CP (2005)159 - Joint statement - NATO-Ukraine Commission ENG.
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18h20 Point de presse by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Borys Tarasyuk, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine ENG .MP3 9502Kb  

Media Information

NATO Press Release (2005)143 - 18 Nov. 2005
Meetings of Foreign Ministers: Media Advisory - 8 December 2005
OTAN Communiqué de presse (2005)143 - 22 nov. 2005
Réunions des Ministres des Affaires étrangères: Information à la presse - 8 décembre 2005
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