NATO Secretary General Pays Historic First Visit to Ireland

IRELAND–(ENEWSPF)–12 Feb. 2013

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is in Dublin on 12-13 February 2013 to meet Irish leaders and European Union defence ministers, in the first visit of any NATO Secretary General to Ireland.

Ireland joined the Partnership for Peace in 1999, and has contributed to the NATO-led missions in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan under United Nations mandates. Ireland currently holds the European Union’s rotating presidency.

“Ireland is not a member of NATO,…