[A-List] NATO Extends Domination Of Europe Into Persian Gulf

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From: Rick Rozoff
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Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:19 AM
Subject: [stopnato] NATO Extends Domination Of Europe Into Persian Gulf


http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=184206&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=30078

Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)
June 6, 2007

Nato hopes to build Gulf ties
By GEOFFREY BEW

-"We are here to offer the hand of friendship to the
countries of the region, based on the approach we
adopted in Europe after the Cold War."

MANAMA - NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)
plans to dramatically increase its co-operation with
the Gulf countries, one of its officials said
yesterday.

The head of the Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul
Co-operation Initiative countries section Nicola de
Santis said the Belgium-based organisation hopes to
reproduce the peace and stability that it has helped
create in Europe since its foundation in 1949 [sic].

Mr De Santis said there seemed to be an outdated image
of Nato and its objectives in the Middle East, but
insisted the organisation was not controlled by
America and was only interested in creating a secure
environment.

He made the comments during the first event Nato has
held in Bahrain.

"We are here to offer the hand of friendship to the
countries of the region, based on the approach we
adopted in Europe after the Cold War," he said.

"This is a new Nato which is trying to stress that in
today's fast changing world we need each other.

"No one nation can deal with the complex security
challenges alone.

"We are ready if countries want to engage with us.

"Our policy is non-discrimination and our offer is the
same to all the countries."

He made the comments during the opening ceremony of a
two-day conference discussing media issues concerning
security challenges in the Gulf.

Ambassadors, academics, civil society organisations,
security officials and journalists from across the
region attended the event at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain
Hotel and Spa.

Media in a Changing World: Perspectives from GCC and
Nato has been jointly organised by the Information
Ministry and Nato division of Public Diplomacy.

Mr De Santis was speaking during a discussion about
Nato and Gulf security in the new strategic
environment.

He said areas of future co-operation between Nato and
the GCC could be intelligence sharing and border
security.

He pointed to the success of the Mediterranean
Dialogue, launched in 1994 to contribute to regional
security and stability and achieve mutual
understanding, whose members include Jordan, Egypt,
Israel, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania.

Nato is an alliance of 26 countries from North America
and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the
North Atlantic Treaty, which was signed on April 4
1949.

It brings together the armies of various countries,
including the UK and the US, and was formed after the
end of the Second World War.
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