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Final Communiqué of the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council (Brussels, 3 and 4 December 1970)
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Final Communiqué of the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council (Brussels, 3 and 4 December 1970)

At the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council held in Brussels on 4 and 5 December 1969, the Allied governments declare themselves ready to enter into multilateral contacts with all interested governments to determine when it would be possible to convene a conference, or a series of conferences, on security and cooperation in Europe as soon as the talks on Berlin have reached a satisfactory conclusion and insofar as the other ongoing talks are proceeding favourably.

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Title Final Communiqué of the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council (Brussels, 3 and 4 December 1970)
Document type Text
Source Ministerial Communiqués 1970-1979. 3rd-4th December, 1970, Brussels, North Atlantic Council, Chairman: Mr. M. Brosio. [ON-LINE]. [s.l.]: NATO, [20.12.2005]. Available on http://www.nato.int/docu/comm/49-95/c701203a.htm.
Keywords CSCE, East-West relations, peaceful co-existence
Copyright © OTAN / NATO
Caption At the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council held in Brussels on 4 and 5 December 1969, the Allied governments declare themselves ready to enter into multilateral contacts with all interested governments to determine when it would be possible to convene a conference, or a series of conferences, on security and cooperation in Europe as soon as the talks on Berlin have reached a satisfactory conclusion and insofar as the other ongoing talks are proceeding favourably.
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Document extract Final Communiqué of the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council (Brussels, 3 and 4 December 1970) Chairman: Mr. M. Brosio. 1. The North Atlantic Council met in Ministerial Session at Brussels on 3rd and 4th December, 1970. Foreign, Defence and Finance Ministers were present. 2. Ministers again stated that the political purpose of the Alliance is the common search for peace through initiatives aiming at the relaxation of tension and the establishment of a just and lasting peaceful order in Europe, accompanied by appropriate security guarantees. 3. The Council received a statement from President Nixon which pledged that, given a similar approach by the other Allies, the United States would maintain and improve its own forces in Europe and would not reduce them except in the context of reciprocal East-West action. Ministers expressed their profound satisfaction at the reaffirmation of Alliance solidarity expressed in this statement. 4. Ministers reviewed the international situation as it had developed since their last meeting in May in Rome. They noted that 1970 had been a year of extensive diplomatic activity by member governments of the Alliance to initiate or intensify contacts, discussions and negotiations with the members of the Warsaw Pact and with other European countries. Ministers paid particular attention to the (...) Read more in ENA
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