NOVO MESTO, Nov 25 (Hina) - The scenario of the NATO and Partnership +for Peace exercise currently taking place in Slovenia has no +relation whatsoever to any actual situation anywhere in Europe, +exercise commander Italian General
Giuseppe Ardito said in Novo +Mesto, Slovenia, on Wednesday.+ The "Cooperative Adventure Exchange '98" exercise is being +implemented according to a script which sees NATO forces pacifying +under a United Nations mandate a conflict in the imaginary state of +Xanti.+ General Ardito said the scenario was not related to possible NATO +activities in Kosovo or any other country. NATO carries out +exercises to further its capability of dealing with various +situations, he explained.+ NATO exercises in the past were of a combat situation character, but +the present situation was different, Ardito said. Units needed to +be prepared for another type of operations, by t
NOVO MESTO, Nov 25 (Hina) - The scenario of the NATO and Partnership
for Peace exercise currently taking place in Slovenia has no
relation whatsoever to any actual situation anywhere in Europe,
exercise commander Italian General Giuseppe Ardito said in Novo
Mesto, Slovenia, on Wednesday.
The "Cooperative Adventure Exchange '98" exercise is being
implemented according to a script which sees NATO forces pacifying
under a United Nations mandate a conflict in the imaginary state of
Xanti.
General Ardito said the scenario was not related to possible NATO
activities in Kosovo or any other country. NATO carries out
exercises to further its capability of dealing with various
situations, he explained.
NATO exercises in the past were of a combat situation character, but
the present situation was different, Ardito said. Units needed to
be prepared for another type of operations, by taking into
consideration the experience gained in Somalia and Bosnia-
Herzegovina, for instance, he added.
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