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First joint EU-NATO crisis management exercise

IRNA

Brussels, Nov 12, IRNA -- The European Union (EU) and the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) will conduct their first ever 
joint crisis management exercise, called CME/CMX 03, from 19 to 25 
November 2003. 
The exercise is based on a range of standing arrangements for 
consultation and co-operation between the EU and NATO in times of 
crisis, said an EU statement. 
The exercise will concentrate on how the EU plans at the strategic
politico-military level for an envisaged EU-led operation with 
recourse to NATO assets and capabilities, where NATO as a whole is not
engaged. 
CME/CMX 03 will be based on a fictitious crisis scenario, 
initially developed by the EU in accordance with the principles of the
UN Charter. 
It will concentrate on the crisis management phases preceding a 
decision to take action; therefore, no troops will be deployed. 
CME/CMX 03 will be conducted in Brussels and in national capitals of 
the 15 EU states. 
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