US Secretary of Defence on first visit to NATO

Brussels - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates will visit NATO headquarters on January 15 for talks with alliance chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO officials said Friday. This will be the first visit to NATO by the new US defence chief who took over three weeks ago from Donald Rumsfeld, a veteran of NATO meetings. Gates' talks with Scheffer are expected to focus on rising violence in Afghanistan, NATO's biggest foreign military operation. But diplomats say discussions will also centre on US President George W Bush's plan to send more US troops to Iraq where NATO is involved in an army training operation. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be in Brussels on January 26 for a crisis meeting of NATO foreign ministers expected to focus on Afghanistan and Kosovo. NATO defence ministers are scheduled to meet in Sevilla, Spain, on February 8-9. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

And Also

Look Back at the Worst Celebrity Breakups

Look Back at the Worst Celebrity Breakups - PopEater
GASP: Goldstriker creates world's most expensive iPhone - The Tech Herald
USA Switches January Returns To One-A-Night - Cinema Blend
Look Back at the Worst Celebrity Breakups - PopEater
A&E series 'Hoarders' and 'Intervention' premiere Monday, Nov. 30th, preview

US

US News

US Secretary of Defence on first visit to NATO

And Also

Your Talkback on this Story

Similar articles

Latest Headlines in US

Older Talkback

From Sites we Like

In Monsters and Critics

Corporate

The Fine Print