George Robertson Nato Quotations

We want joint decision-making in certain areas which would need consensus 'at 20' and obviously we would work to get it, on the other hand nobody can deny the right of NATO to act as 19 if it decides to do so,

Yes, of course it would because there would be no veto over NATO operations by Russia or any other non-NATO members, that's never been the situation and Mr Putin has made it clear that he does not want it either,

NATO will not become involved in partitioning that country, ... We're not going to engage in an operation that will fix demarcation lines. This is one country, and it will remain one country.

NATO will continue to be critical about what the Russians are doing in Chechnya, not just on the basis of principle, but because we disagree with disproportionate violence and the civilian casualties who are being affected, ... We think that they are simply storing up more problems for the future.

NATO nations have assumed their collective responsibilities toward Turkey, a nation at the moment under threat.

NATO missions mean that the countries in NATO should be involved.

NATO is prepared to consider such changes if it will not create a vacuum or lead to new fighting, and is part of a settlement to the problems in the region, ... Premature changes, however, carry the risk of only making matters worse.

He would be getting a cold feeling down his spine, ... As defense minister he will know the real truth that he is hiding from people. And he will know that in a month NATO has only lost one plane, and he will despair at the freedom that NATO aircraft roam the skies destroying his military at will, during the day as well as at night.

We are focusing entirely on the defense of Turkey in the circumstances where that ally believes it is under threat and NATO as a collective security alliance with obligations that go along with that. (But) we're not part of any decision-making process that is tied to the United Nations.

What will come out of today's summit will be the united resolve of European countries and all the NATO countries that (Yugoslav President Slobodan) Milosevic is going to be defeated,

Having analyzed the situation, NATO has called for these reinforcements, and nations have already responded to this call, ... We will have enough troops to deal with the problems in Kosovo.

I will be taking that request back to NATO headquarters to see what we can do.

The 18 NATO allies -- members of the integrated military structure -- agreed today to task military planners to begin their work and advice on preventive deployment of AWACS airplanes, NATO support for deployment of theater missile defenses of Turkey, and support for allied chemical and biological defense capabilities,

We're dealing from the U.N. process, which generally NATO supports. We're dealing from any further steps towards any potential military conflict,

an offer of assistance in response to President Boris Trajkovski's request to NATO to contribute to the protection of the international monitors who will oversee implementation of the peace plan in Macedonia.

The world is watching and the politicians know they have an obligation that they must fulfil. NATO has delivered -- it is now up to the parliamentarians to deliver again.

The NATO nations wanted to help an ally. They wanted to be sure they were standing by one of the NATO allies when there was a threat.

The message of NATO and the message of these demonstrators is very clear: Milosevic is a loser

I have no doubt at all about Germany's commitment to respond to a plea from a NATO member to have protection,