| Cooperation with the Caucasus and Central Asia
Video
interview with Robert Simmons,
Deputy Assistant Secretary General
for Security Cooperation and Partnership and
Special
Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia
Robert Simmons, NATO's first ever Special Representative for the Caucasus and
Central Asia talks about what his tasks and priorities will be, why NATO
created the post and how his work will look like in practice. He also
describes how the Alliances is working together with partner countries
in these two regions.
| Interview |
| Questions: |
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| What is the job of the Special Representative? |
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| This
is the first time that NATO creates such a post, why now
and why the Caucasus and why Central Asia? |
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| Do you feel that one single individual can represent NATO in such a
large and complex region? |
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| You mentioned liaison officers, does that mean that NATO will actually
be opening up offices in these regions? |
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| And
where would these persons be based? |
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| If
you were to describe, in short at present, what is the
main focus of the cooperation between NATO and the countries
in the Caucasus and Central Asia? |
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| As
you take up your new duties from this broad cooperation
or the three aspects of cooperation that you mentioned,
what will be your main priorities, what will you be seeking
to particularly focus on? |
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| If
you were to give specific examples of the kinds of programs
on offer that you can offer to these senior officials,
what would they be? |
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| You
mentioned that you'll be travelling, that you'll be based
in Brussels and travelling to these areas. How often will
you be going and where will you be based when you go? |
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Transcript of
the interview - Audio version: .MP3/2211Kb  |
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