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George Cristian Maior, State Secretary at the Ministry of National Defence had February 3, 04 a series of talks with the UN Secretariat high officials and representatives of the permanent states represented in the Council of Security, during the visit paid at the UN Council of Security.
The talks with the representatives of US, Great Britain, Germany and Pakistan were mainly focused on the evolutions of security in the Balkans and Caucasus, development of the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and how the UN contribution to regional stability and security is developed in this respect.
Mister Maior also had talks with Mr. Danilo Turk, assistant of UN General Secretary and Mr. Jean Marie Guehenno, deputy General Secretary. This occasion they talked about the policy of defence of Romania, crisis management at international level, reform of the present system of development of the operations under UN umbrella. In the same time, they discussed about the way Romania will politically and militarily manage her status of non-permanent member of the Council of Security.
In an official framework Mister Maior signed the Letter of Intention for inscribing the contribution of Romania to SHIRBRIG within UNSAS. Participants to this events were the assistants of the UN General Secretary, representatives of the Department for Peacekeeping Operations and diplomats of the Romanian Mission to the United Nations.
Dep. for Euro-Atlantic Integration
and Defense Policy