Jamie Shea
Jamie Shea
Jamie Patrick Sheais Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium...
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I think everyone would prefer, including NATO diplomats, that we could solve these problems through diplomacy. But I think on the other hand, they understand the situation and the need to put a stop to a humanitarian catastrophe in the heart of Europe.
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NATO is obviously extremely concerned. That would be an understatement.
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NATO is not a quitter and I hope that President Milosevic ... is finally beginning to realize that.
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NATO has an obligation to be successful, quite frankly, and every head of state from the meeting I have come from has made that point.
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(The) refugees have said time and time again that they will only go back if they see NATO in that peacekeeping force. They need to know that that force is built around that NATO core (and) that that force ... is not going to crumble like a pack of cards at the first sign of a challenge.
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We will be drawing up specific assistance programs for both countries to help them to meet the criteria for NATO membership.
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NATO will always be hopeful, but we'll always be realistic.
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Milosevic is in the corner, and that's where he's going to be kept by NATO until he throws in the towel.
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Let's see how we come out on this one. As far as NATO is concerned, we are talking about a single force with unity of command, robust rules of engagement and a common approach throughout Kosovo.
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As a result NATO is taking certain precautionary measures.
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They share our determination to prevail and to see this through. NATO equally recognizes an obligation to them.
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Clearly, we want the refugees to be able to go back quickly. Those NATO governments who have agreed to receive those refugees have made it clear that this is on a temporary basis.
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It's not simply NATO which is isolating President Milosevic. Rarely in history has one state been so isolated, politically, militarily, economically and geographically. This cannot be something the Yugoslav people need or want at this time.
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It's nothing that goes to the heart of NATO or U.S. policy in Kosovo at the moment, so I believe that in our relations with the Kosovar Albanians we will be able to overcome this and move on.