For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 1, 2002
Statement by the Press Secretary
Visit by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson
President Bush will welcome NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson
for a meeting and dinner on April 9, 2002. This visit is an
opportunity for the President to discuss with the leader of NATO our
progress in the war on terrorism, and our preparations for the November
NATO Summit Meeting in Prague. This marks the fourth time
the President has met with Lord Robertson in just over one year.
For the first time in history, the Allies invoked NATO's collective
defense commitment in the wake of the September 11
attacks. Since then, NATO Allies and many Partnership for
Peace nations have contributed their military forces to Operation
Enduring Freedom and offered blanket use of their airspace, ports and
airfields. This cooperation underscores the trans-Atlantic
commitment to shared values and collective defense that NATO has
embodied for over fifty years.
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