NATO defense ministers wrap up their meeting in Brussels today.

北约国防部长们今天在布鲁塞尔圆满结束了他们的会议。

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Russia is warning of negative consequences if Ukraine and Georgia join the NATO defense alliance.

俄罗斯对乌克兰和格鲁吉亚发出警告，如果这两个国家加入北约组织，将造成不良后果。

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Primakov was insisting that Moscow could not accept a NATO committed to the defense of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic — the very states forced into the Soviet empire 50 years ago.

普利马科夫坚持莫斯科不能接受北约组织承担对波兰、匈牙利和捷克共和国的防御义务——正是这几个国家五十年前被强行纳入苏维埃帝国。

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Rasmussen and Gates also reported that the NATO defense ministers endorsed the Obama Administration's approach to European missile defense.

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From Asia,Secretary Gates will travel to Slovakia for a meeting of NATO defense ministers expected to focus on Afghanistan.

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Also on Friday, Secretary General Rasmussen said the NATO defense ministers agreed to begin a process of identifying criteria for an eventual handover of security responsibility to Afghan forces.

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Last week, NATO defense ministers agreed to send ships to waters near Somalia's coast to deter and combat piracy there.

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This week NATO defense ministers will meet in Brussels to discuss cybersecurity.

WSJ: Anders Fogh Rasmussen: NATO's Next War��in Cyberspace

In 1991, NATO defense ministers approved a radical shakeup of its forces in post-cold war Europe, including creation of a Rapid Reaction Force.

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