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10 Sept	Representatives from Hungary begin accession talks with NATO.
15 Sept	Operation Kozatskiy Step 97 under Partnership for Peace begins in Ukraine, involving NATO, Polish and Ukrainian troops. The exercise is designed to simulate an ethnic conflict.
16 Sept	Representatives from Poland begin accession talks with NATO.
22 Sept	Swedish Prime Minister Gran Persson visits NATO.
23 Sept	Representatives from the Czech Republic begin accession talks with NATO.
24 Sept	Latvian Prime Minister Guntars Krasts visits NATO.
26 Sept	NATO and Russian Foreign Ministers meet for the first time as the NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council. A Work Plan is approved, providing for consultations on confidence building measures in armscontrol, joint peacekeeping in Bosnia and the stationing of Russian military representatives at NATO. Additional information: NATO Speeches: Press Statement by the Secretary General following the PJC Ministerial in New York High resolution photos of the first Ministerial Meeting of the NATO/Russia Permanent Joint Council
30 Sept	NATO Ministers of Defence held two days of informal meetings in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The planned opening up of NATO to new members, the continuation of NATOs mandate in Bosnia and the adaptation of Alliances command structure are discussed.