NEWS RELEASES
NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT CANADA
February 10, 1999 (5:25 p.m. EST) No. 25
NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT CANADA
Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy and National Defence Minister Art Eggleton announced today that North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Javier Solana will visit Ottawa and Toronto February 11
to 12.
In Ottawa, Mr. Solana will meet Prime Minister Chrétien as well as Ministers Axworthy and Eggleton. Discussions
will include NATO's ongoing commitment to the current Kosovo peace process, the preparations for the
Washington Summit, NATO's 50th anniversary, the review of the 1991 Strategic Concept and NATO enlargement.
"Canada strongly supports the decisive role NATO is playing in Kosovo, to achieve an end to the current conflict,"
said Mr. Axworthy. "NATO's readiness to become involved in Kosovo is sending a signal to both parties in the
conflict that they must comply with the agreement signed in October."
"We are pleased to have this opportunity to consult with Mr. Solana about the situation in Kosovo," said Mr.
Eggleton. "We have more than 1300 Canadian Forces members in the Balkans, in NATO's Stabilization Force in
Bosnia, in the Air Task Group in Italy, as well as in the Kosovo Verification Mission and the NATO Extraction Force
in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia."
On the morning of February 12, Mr. Solana will address the National Press Club on "Preparing the Washington
Summit." While in Toronto in the afternoon, he will speak at a luncheon jointly hosted by the Atlantic Council of
Canada and the Empire Club of Canada.
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For further information, media representatives may contact:
Debora Brown
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(613) 995-1851
Media Relations Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1874
Randy Mylyk
Office of the Minister of National Defence
(613) 996-3100
Media Liaison Office
Department of National Defence
(613) 996-2353
This document is also available on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Inernational Trade's Internet site:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
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