Category: NATOSource

Pentagon Notified Congress of Request from France to Buy 16 Reaper Drones

By Defense Security Cooperation Agency

From Defense Security Cooperation Agency:  The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to France of 16 MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Canada May Host Radar Site for US Missile Defense System

By David Pugliese, Ottowa Citizen

From David Pugliese, Ottowa Citizen:  Canadian military officials are trying to revive a plan to install a high-tech radar system at Goose Bay as an offering to the U.S. for Canadian participation in the Pentagon’s missile shield.

NATO Recognizes Achivements by Croatia, EU, Serbia, and Kosovo

By NATO

From NATO:  As Croatia prepares to become a member of the European Union on July 1, I congratulate the Croatian government and the people of Croatia for this important step in completing a Europe that is whole, free and at peace.

Georgia Now the Top Non-NATO Troop Contributor in Afghanistan

By NATO

From NATO:  Georgia has been assisting the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan since 2004. Following a substantial increase of its deployment in October last year, Georgia currently has over 1,500 troops deployed there, making it the largest non-NATO contributor to ISAF and the fifth largest contributor overall. “We greatly appreciate the active […]

Carl Bildt: Sweden Developing its ‘Partnership with NATO in All the Different Areas of Mutual Interest’

By Carl Bildt, Swedish Foreign Ministry

From Carl Bildt, Swedish Foreign Ministry:  Up in our North, the air forces of Sweden, Finland and Norway are now training more intensely together than perhaps any other air forces in Europe today. Next year, they will do this based in Iceland as well. And we are developing our partnership with NATO in all the […]

Carl Bildt: Sweden has Chosen Partnership over Neutrality

By Carl Bildt, Swedish Foreign Ministry

From Carl Bildt, Swedish Foreign Ministry:  Since then [1523] – nearly half a millennium – Stockholm has been one of the very few European capitals where foreign forces of occupation and war have never set their foot.

NATO Lambasts Russian Fences in South Ossetia

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  NATO on Thursday once again harshly criticized Russia’s construction of barbed-wire fences along an ex-Georgian region’s 350-kilometer border with that country.

NATO Secretary General: ‘Democracy is More than Just a Ballot Box’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO is far more than a military Alliance. NATO is a community of values. It is a family of nations that believes in freedom, democracy, and the rule of law.

Secretary General: ‘Further Work is Needed’ Before Georgia Can Join NATO (Video)

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO