Word: slovenia
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...only three new countries will be admitted to NATO in the first round, though others are to come in later. The welcome mat is out for the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. But France, Italy, Canada and other members of the alliance were pushing the candidacies of Romania and Slovenia, and in some conference rooms charges of "American arrogance" echoed. The U.S. will prevail, of course, because such decisions must be unanimous...
...Shades of Boutros-Boutros Ghali. The U.S. insists that the first round of NATO expansion include just three countries: Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. "The United States position is firm," said White House press secretary Mike McCurry. Though most NATO members would prefer to include Romania and Slovenia as well, the dispute is not critical. Fearing that including all five of the key nominees would make it harder to achieve the next round of NATO expansion, leaving countries like Albania out in the military alliance cold, Clinton wants to make two strong candidates wait. At NATO headquarters in Brussels...
...Madrid, NATO foreign ministers are divided on whether the first round of NATO expansion should take in three or five of the eleven countries interested in joining. One senior NATO official said talks are stalling over whether to invite just Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic or to add Slovenia and Romania as well. While the U.S. has not publicly said which countries it is backing for membership, officials say privately that they prefer to start with just Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The reason, reports TIME's Douglas Waller, is that the U.S. wants to admit a small...
Flying in an accident-prone jet with an airline that has a bad safety record still poses a smaller risk than driving to work in a car every day. IVO KLJENAK Ljubljana, Slovenia...
...members," Christopher said, adding he hoped Russia would accept expansion. Christopher offered the assurances as the 16 NATO foreign ministers set a summit meeting for next summer to expand the alliance as soon as in 1999. Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary are considered locks; Romania and Slovenia could join them. But Christopher was less forceful on the problem of Slobodan Milosevic, whom he criticized cautiously: "We join in condemning the Serbian government's decision to ignore the results of the Nov. 17 elections. The people of Serbia deserve what their neighbors in Central Europe have -- clean elections." In Washington...