Focus on budget woes at Nato summit

Articles discusses the challenges facing NATO in the context of an informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers, Budapest, October 2008 - in particular the global financial crisis of the autumn of 2008 is shining a spotlight on what Nato member states – and particularly the European nations – must do to co-ordinate their operations in order to spend money more effectively.

NATO’s ongoing operations and the Alliance's transformation agenda were also the focus of the discussions.

NATO: Informal Meeting of NATO Defence Ministers, Budapest, Hungary, 9-10 October 2008 http://www.nato.int/docu/comm/2008/0810-budapest/0810-budapest.htm

Deutsche Welle, 9.10.08: NATO Meets to Discuss Georgia, Afghanistan, Money Crisis http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3699614,00.html

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