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4 Febr	In his State of the Union address American President Bill Clinton vows to pursue NATOs enlargement by 1999 and to establish a stable partnership with Russia.
5-6 Febr	Secretary General Javier Solana meets Turkish President Suleyman Demirel and Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan in Ankara to discuss the expansion of the Alliance and the broader issue of Turkeys place in Europe.
10-14 Febr	NATO Secretary General Javier Solana visits Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan to meet Heads of State and government and other leading politicians.
12 Febr	Former guerrilla leader Aslam Maskhadov is sworn in as new Chechen President.
18 Febr	Newly-appointed US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright attends her first NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Brussels and proposes the creation of a permanent Russia-NATO brigade. Additional information: NATO Speeches: Statement by Secretary Madeleine Albright at the North Atlantic Council Special Ministerial Meeting NATO Speeches: Statement by the Secretary General - Press Conference Following the Meeting of the Council in Ministerial Session NATO Speeches: Intervention du Ministre des Affaires étrangères de la France, Hervé de Charette NATO Speeches: Statement by Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy High resolution photos of the Informal Meeting of the North Atlantic Council
19 Febr	EU High Representative in Bosnia Carl Bildt visits NATO.
20 Febr	NATO allies propose major changes to the CFE Treaty, which limits conventional forces in Europe. NATO now accepts the principle of limits on the arsenals of individual countries as opposed to regions. The Alliance also accepts Russias wish on having territorial rather than national limits on troops deployment, which effectively prevents NATO from massing troops in one particular area near Russias borders.
21 Febr	Visit to NATO by Polish Prime Minister Mr. Wodzimierz Cimoszewicz. Additional information: NATO Speeches: Opening Remarks by the Secretary General at the Meeting with the Polish Prime Minister NATO Speeches: Address by His Excellency Wodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, before the North Atlantic Council
23 Febr	NATO Secretary General Javier Solana meets Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeni Primakov for a second round of talks on a NATO-Russia document in Moscow.