Robert Siegel speaks with Javier Solana (HA-vee-air soh-LAH-nah), Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, about NATO expansion in Central Europe. Solana says that moral and security concerns compel NATO to admit democratic countries in Central Europe that want to join the organization. He also says that despite Russian anxiety over NATO expansion, new countries should be admitted as full members, with all NATO benefits and obligations.
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