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R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political AffairsThe State of Trans-Atlantic Relations R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Via Video Conference to the Annual Athens Economist Conference in Athens, Greece April 5, 2006 ""[...] I think that the US and Europe have returned to normal and we Americans certainly understand the importance of both the European Union and also of NATO as a centrepiece of that relationship.

[...] The second point I’ll make - and then I want to get to a discussion – is this: there has been a profound transformation in the relationship between the European countries and the United States. For most of the Cold War, indeed from the Second World War to just a few years ago our relationship across the Atlantic was all about the crisis in Europe. It was about the divisions in Europe during the Cold War. It was about the Soviet and Warsaw Pact threat. In the 1990s it was about the two wars in the Balkans that were so devastating in terms of cost of human life." more

logo NATO ministerialInformal meeting of Foreign Ministers (IFM 2006) Sofia, Bulgaria 27- 28 April 2006  Foreign Ministers of NATO will hold an informal meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 27 and 28 April 2006, under the chairmanship of the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, His Excellency Mr. Ivaylo Kalfin, will host the meeting. more

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U.S. Ambassador to NATO, Victoria Nuland

Ambassador Victoria Nuland is the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Appointed by President Bush, Victoria Nuland was sworn in as the 18th United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on July 13, 2005.  As Ambassador to NATO, she heads the combined State-Defense Department US Mission to NATO.
 

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April 27-28, 2006:
Informal Foreign Ministers Meeting, Bulgaria

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June 8-9, 2006:
Defense Ministers Meeting, Belgium

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September 28-29, 2006:
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Foreign Ministers Meeting, Brussels, Belgium
 

Recent Speeches on Transatlantic Issues. more

April 05, 2006 The State of Trans-Atlantic Relations Remarks by R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Via Video Conference to the Annual Athens Economist Conference in Athens, Greece

April 05, 2006, White House Drug Czar Praises Dutch Disruption of Global Ecstasy Market, Encourages NATO’s North Atlantic Council to Demonstrate Stronger Support for Anti-Drug Efforts in Afghanistan.

March 28, 2006 NATO: Where Is It Headed? Speech by Kurt Volker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.

March 28, 2006  Transatlantic Security: Addressing Global Challenges Together, Remarks by Kurt Volker, University of San Francisco, CA

March 22, 2006 - NATO Expands its Role Outside of Europe National Public Radio (NPR) audio stream

March 20, 2006, President Bush Remarks with NATO Secretary General

March 20, 2006, Secretary Rice Remarks with NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer

March 8, 2006, Ambassador Victoria Nuland Remarks and Question-Answer Session Army Hall - Skopje, Macedonia

March 7, 2006, HTV interview with Ambassador Victoria Nuland in Zagreb, Croatia.
 

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