MOSCOW WANTS SOLANA AS NATO LEADER.

Russian foreign minister Andrei Kozyrev said yesterday that Spanish foreign minister Javier Solana, now the leading candidate for the post of NATO Secretary General, "would prove a boon in deepening NATO-Russian relations." He is "one of the best candidates from the point of view of Russia’s interest in partnership with the alliance…Solana is a good friend we have known for many years. Solana has both voiced and proved his warm, friendly, and partner-like attitude to Russia." (1)

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