President of the Republic emphasised that the NATO summit must give the Baltic States a clear signal of the continuation of the enlargement process of the Alliance. State Secretary Albright confirmed that the summit resolutions would go further than those of the Madrid declaration. She was also pleased to observe that in Estonia, consensus has been reached as concerns defence expenditure, as Estonias defence expenditure has so far been lower than that of the new NATO members the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary.
At the end of the meeting, State Secretary Albright was glad to accept the Presidents invitation to visit Estonia.
Press Service of the Office of the President
Kadriorg, March 15, 1999
