NATO signs accession pacts for Albania, Croatia
July 9, 2008
REUTERS
BRUSSELS, July 9 (Reuters) - NATO states signed accession protocols
for Albania and Croatia on Wednesday, setting them on the path to entry
into the Western military pact early next year.
The signing, conducted at a ceremony at alliance headquarters in Brussels,
was largely a formality after NATO leaders agreed to usher the two Balkans
countries into the 26-member organisation at a summit in Bucharest in April.
However a third NATO aspirant, Macedonia, was absent from the ceremony
after its accession goal was blocked by Greece in a long-running dispute
over its name.
Diplomats say that even if the name dispute can be resolved soon, it
will be hard for Macedonia to complete procedures needed to join NATO alongside
Albania and Croatia, who are expected to enter the alliance at a summit
in April 2009. (Reporting by Mark John; editing by David Brunnstrom)
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