(RFE/RL) April 22, 2010 By Ahto Lobjakas
A two-day informal NATO foreign ministers' meeting that just kicked off in Tallinn, Estonia, will broadly focus on generating unity on some of the thornier issues facing the alliance.
Chief among these are burden sharing between the United States and the rest of the allies, the alliance's future goals and focus, and threat perception.
Within this context, nuclear deterrence, missile defense, Russia, and the operation in Afghanistan feature prominently on the meeting's agenda.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen identified maintaining and advancing solidarity as the main challenge before the alliance.
Speaking in Tallinn ahead of an alliance foreign ministers' meeting, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen indicated NATO's struggle for a mission and a role in the post-Cold War era has yet to be resolved.
"More than six decades after NATO's creation, solidarity remains the alliance's most precious asset," Rasmussen said. "But like all precious assets, it cannot be taken for granted."
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