President Lennart Meri emphasised that Estonia is content with the decisions and declaration of the NATO Madrid Summit, but, as he put it, it would be impossible to repeat the same thoughts and steps in Washington like a ballet dancer, new steps will also have to be taken. The strategy of the renewing NATO has to be worked out.
Javier Solana said that the NATO Member States have started consultations over the matters to be discussed on the Summit. Solana assured that NATO's open doors policy really is the actual policy of NATO and will be continued. With this policy NATO will try to achieve coherence between the states aspiring to join NATO and NATO's own needs and the processes going on in the US Senate, etc.
For the Washington Summit the strategic concept of NATO will be reviewed and in Washington a document summarising the achievements so far and plans for the future shall be approved.
Javier Solana said that the NATO Member States have started consultations over the matters to be discussed on the Summit. Solana assured that NATO's open doors policy really is the actual policy of NATO and will be continued. With this policy NATO will try to achieve coherence between the states aspiring to join NATO and NATO's own needs and the processes going on in the US Senate, etc.
For the Washington Summit the strategic concept of NATO will be reviewed and in Washington a document summarising the achievements so far and plans for the future shall be approved.
