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This evening in Berlin in the inner yard of Daimler Chrysler building in Potsdamer Platz the German Atlantic Society organizes a ceremony dedicated to the admittance of the new members within NATO and the invitees are the ministers of Defence from the seven countries recently joining the Alliance.
The Romanian delegation headed by Ioan Mircea Pascu and formed of representatives of the General Staff arrived in Berlin in the afternoon in order to represent Romania to this festivity.
Ceremony will start at 18.00 hours, Romanian time with an informal meeting of the participants followed by the main festivity. The program of the festivities will consists of the welcome messages of Ruprecht Polenz, president of the German Atlantic Society and Peter Struck, Federal Minister of Defence of the host country and speeches of the ministers of Defence from the seven countries.
Bundeswehr Military Band will perform in public together with the artists from the new members and will play their national melodies. The ceremony will end with a reception offered by the hosts in honor of the high guests.
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