Article: AFRICAN UNION LOOKS TO LONG-TERM COOPERATION WITH NATO

NATO issued the following press release:

The African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Said Djinnit, visited NATO HQ on 2 March, the second high-level visit by an African Union official to NATO.

He met with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and addressed the North Atlantic Council, NATO's principal decision-making body. They discussed cooperation between NATO and the African Union, particularly NATO's support for AU efforts to bring peace to the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan.

Long-term needs

Since July 2005 NATO has provided airlift for 24,000 African Union peacekeepers in and out of Darfur, as well training to African Union officers.

Ambassador Djinnit ...

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