NATO Remains Optimistic about Croatia's Accession

Ljubljana, 26 February - NATO is concerned but remains optimistic that Croatia will join the organisation by its next summit on 3 and 4 April, Martin Erdmann, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, said at the beginning of a two-day conference "Young at 60" marking the 60th anniversary of NATO.

Brdo pri Kranju, Kongresni center.
Začetek dvodnevne mednarodne konferenca ob 60. obletnici zveze Nato z naslovom Mlad pri šestdesetih (Young at 60) s plenarnim zasedanjem.
Namestnik generalnega sekretarja Nata Martin Erdmann, predsednik Evro-atlantskega sveta Slovenije Anton Bebler, dekan FDV Anton Grizold, ministrica za obrambo Ljubica Jelušič in poslanec nemškega Bundestaga ter predsednik Združenja atlantskih svetov (ATA) Karl A. Lamers.
Foto: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Address by NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
President of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) Karl A. Lamers.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
President of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) Karl A. Lamers.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Address by NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Address by NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Address by NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
President of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) Karl A. Lamers.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Address by Defence Minister Ljubica Jelusic (right).
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Address by NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
President of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) Karl A. Lamers.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju, Kongresni center.
Začetek dvodnevne mednarodne konferenca ob 60. obletnici zveze Nato z naslovom Mlad pri šestdesetih (Young at 60) s plenarnim zasedanjem.
Predsednik Evro-atlantskega sveta Slovenije Anton Bebler, dekan FDV Anton Grizold, ministrica za obrambo Ljubica Jelušič, namestnik generalnega sekretarja Nata Martin Erdmann in poslanec nemškega Bundestaga ter predsednik Združenja atlantskih svetov (ATA) Karl A. Lamers.
Foto: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
From left to right: Defence Minister Ljubica Jelusic, president of the Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia Anton Beble, dean of the Ljubljana Faculty of Social Sciences Anton Grizold, , NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann and president of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) Karl A. Lamers.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju, Kongresni center.
Začetek dvodnevne mednarodne konferenca ob 60. obletnici zveze Nato z naslovom Mlad pri šestdesetih (Young at 60) s plenarnim zasedanjem.
Predsednik Evro-atlantskega sveta Slovenije Anton Bebler, ministrica za obrambo Ljubica Jelušič, namestnik generalnega sekretarja Nata Martin Erdmann in poslanec nemškega Bundestaga ter predsednik Združenja atlantskih svetov (ATA) Karl A. Lamers.
Foto: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
From left to right: dean of the Ljubljana Faculty of Social Sciences Anton Grizold, Defence Minister Ljubica Jelusic, NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann and president of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) Karl A. Lamers.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Address by Defence Minister Ljubica Jelusic.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
From left to right: NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann, President of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) Karl A. Lamers, and president of the Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia Anton Bebler.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Address by NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Address by NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Start of two-day conference marking the 60th anniversary of NATO entitled "Young at 60".
Address by NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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