Vitaly Portnikov. Perpetual NATO for Central Europe
Perpetual NATO for Central Europe Vitaly Portnikov Date of publication: October 16, 2000 NATO Secretary General George Robertson, who met in Sofia with the defense ministers of 9 countries seeking to join the Alliance in the future, announced the indefinite nature of the alliance's expansion. “The doors are always open for you,” the Secretary General told the defense ministers of Bulgaria, Slovenia, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Slovakia.