Scheffer Expresses His Belief Alawi's Letter Will Be Responded Positively

ISTANBUL - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Sunday that he fully believed that interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad al-Alawi's letter in which he demanded military training and equipment would be responded positively in the NATO Summit that would start in Istanbul on Monday.
Scheffer delivered a speech at the conference, ''NATO At a New Crossroads'' jointly organized by Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) and U.S. think-tank organization German Marshall Fund.
Stating that ambassadors reached consensus on the letter of Alawi in Brussels two days ago, Scheffer said that he fully believed that the letter of Alawi would be responded positively.
Scheffer stressed the importance of Afghanistan for reliability of NATO. Scheffer asked for support for election process in Afghanistan.
In regard to the process of change under NATO, Scheffer said that old nostalgic Atlanticism was dead. He added that there was a new Atlanticism for the 21st century.
(EÖ-AÖ) 27.06.2004