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BRUSSELS, April 2 (UPI) -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
marked the formal addition of seven member states into the defense alliance
in Brussels Friday.

He termed it "the clearest demonstration that in Europe, geography no longer
equals destiny."

Foreign ministers from Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Lithuania, Slovenia,
Latvia, and Estonia joined their colleagues from 19 NATO member states in
the raising of the flags and playing of the national anthems of the new
member states, RFE reported.

De Hoop Scheffer said the NATO expansion, along with the enlargement of the
European Union next month, perfectly illustrates "the attraction, the
strength, and the enduring value of the trans-Atlantic link."

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