16 Quotes by James Appathurai

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

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.

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

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.

NATO is not moving to the Pacific. NATO is not moving anywhere.

NATO has not received any formal request from the UN or from the AU 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.

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.

The Alliance aims to achieve the same results in 2006.

We are very much focused ... on what more we can do.