북대서양 조약기구 국가는 뒤 미국 계획에 정상에 루마니아에 있는 유럽에 있는 미사일 방어 시스템을, 위치를 차지하는 것을 찬성했다.

회원 국가는 체코 공화국에 있는 미사일 방위 기초를 두기 위하여 계획을 역행시키는 공동 성명을 승인하고 폴란드, 미국 관리는 말했다.

알바니아와 Croatia는 26 일원 연립을 결합하도록 초대되었다.

그러나 결합하기 전에 그리스를 가진 논박을 해결해야 한ㄴ다는 것을 Macedonia는 그것을 말했는 그러나, 조오지아와 우크라이나는 회원에 경로에 즉시 있지 않을 것이다.

미국 관리가 회람한 "연합군, 영토 및 인구에게 증가 위협"로 미사일 방위에 공동 성명은, 탄도 미사일 확산을 인정한다.

그것은 저희 지도한 체계가 "맹방의 보호에 내용이 풍부한 기여금을" 할 것이라는 점을 밝힌다.

It also calls for steps to be taken to deploy a parallel Nato system to defend any countries not covered by the US scheme

The BBC’s diplomatic correspondent, Jonathan Marcus, says that consensus on missile defence is a significant achievement for US President George W Bush, who wanted to get full Nato support for the project before he leaves office.

The alliance had been deeply divided, amid strong Russian objections to the plan.

The US says the system is needed to counter a potential threat from rogue states like Iran, but Moscow fears it could be used against Russia.

The agreement emerged as US and Czech officials announced they had reached a deal to site a to base a missile defence radar on Czech soil, while Poland and the US resumed talks in Warsaw on locating 10 interceptor missiles in Poland.

‘Not happy’

Nato has confirmed it will not yet offer membership to Georgia or Ukraine after the 26-member alliance was split on the issue.

Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told a news conference Georgia and Ukraine would become members eventually, something Moscow described as a “huge strategic mistake”.

Germany and France had been opposed to putting the two former Soviet republics on the path to membership, amid concerns voiced by Russia over Nato’s eastward expansion.

Georgian diplomats said they were “not happy” with the delay but welcomed the promise of eventual membership.

Nato officials said Macedonia could begin talks on joining the alliance as soon as it had resolved a dispute with Greece over its name.

Macedonia’s membership was strongly opposed by Greece, which has a northern province that is also called Macedonia.

It argued that the former Yugoslav republic’s insistence on being known as Macedonia implied a territorial claim.

Macedonian officials said their rejection was a “huge disappointment” that would undermine stability in the Balkans, and said they would leave the three-day summit early.

French deployment

Our correspondent says the decisions on Georgia, Ukraine and Macedonia are setbacks for President Bush, who had been pushing for membership for all three countries.

Separately, President Nicolas Sarkozy indicated France would decide next year whether to return to the Nato military command it left in 1966 in protest at the dominance of US commanders.

He also said a battalion of extra French troops would be deployed to Afghanistan, easing fears of a crisis within the Western coalition there.

The US says the French move, expected to involve up to 1,000 extra soldiers, will free up some of its troops to move to southern Afghanistan, where Canada had demanded Nato reinforcements be sent.

Canada’s parliament voted last month to extend its military mission in volatile southern Afghanistan to 2011 - but only if its allies sent reinforcements.

BBC

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