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Article: France, Belgium Won't Agree to NATO Deal
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- September 18, 2004
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PAUL AMES, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
09-18-2004
Dateline: NOORDWIJK, Netherlands
France and Belgium, two of the most vocal critics of the U.S. war in Iraq, would not agree Friday to a planned expansion of NATO's military training mission in Iraq, but officials were confident a deal could be reached within days.
The two nations expressed concern over several aspects of the planned mission, including how to pay for it, where to hold it and how to protect it.
"Not all 26 allies are completely happy but ... I'm really optimistic that we can reach agreement very soon on the remaining points," NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on the sidelines of a European Union defense ...