2008 Vilnius NATO meeting
- 2008 Vilnius NATO meeting
2008 Vilnius NATO meeting was an informal two-day meeting of Defense Ministers of NATO nations held in Vilnius, Lithuania from February 7 until February 8, 2008. The most important topics discussed were the War in Afghanistan, possible admission of Ukraine and relationship with Russia. The meeting was a warm-up for the 20th NATO summit in April held in Bucharest, Romania. Lithuanian officials say it's the biggest meeting of its kind ever held in Vilnius [http://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/c58147] .
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* [http://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/c58147 Vilnius NATO defence ministers meeting gets underway, 2008-02-07 07:59 (Alfa)] .
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