Jaap Scheffer Nato Quotations

There is a shared view among NATO defense ministers that we need a greater synergy between the two missions,

NATO reaffirmed its open door policy and intends to offer maximum help in the implementation of the necessary reforms ... A timetable, I can't give you.

Pakistan needs more help and today NATO agreed to do more,

That will not keep NATO from doing what it is going to do. NATO will stay the course. We are not leaving.

Whenever and wherever our NATO partner and important friend -- the United States of America -- asks (for) assistance, NATO stands ready to answer those calls.

Whenever and wherever our major partner, important friend the United States asks assistance ... NATO stands ready to answer those calls, because NATO is based on solidarity.

This operation has only one purpose, and that is to do everything NATO can do to show solidarity with the victims and the human suffering in the hurricane-stricken area.

This is the first time NATO has done something like this on this scale.

This decision was an easy one, because no other answer could have been possible, ... It shows that the NATO alliance is ... ready to do its part in the diminishing of the human suffering - which is so huge.

This center represents a real milestone, ... NATO is here to help the Iraqi government develop the tools to meet the security needs of its people.

The NATO alliance is ready to do its part in the diminishing of the human suffering,