Partnership for Peace

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Partnership for Peace Euro-Atlantic Integration

• Arpad Hargita
• Deputy Director, NATO Departament
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Hungary

Szeged, 29 Januárr, 2003
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Why not alone? Why integration?

• A small country - third way gt gray zone
• The eastern modell - CE, EU, NATO
• Memberstates - big or small - have the same
  rights and perspectives (consensus)
• One for all - all for one
• National soveregnty and integration
• Without work - no result

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NATO-EAPC- PfP

• NATO has no enemies only partners
• EAPC framework for consultation cooperation
• PfP pragmatic military co-operation
  (contribution to peacekeeping by common planning,
  trainig and exercises, transparency at defence
  planning, budgeting, democratic controll)

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Interest of Hungary

• BH reintegrated to Regional and European
  structures
• General conditions for stability improved
• Key conditions for prosperity at place
• Same level of security for the region
• Accelerated integration process for BH
• Lessons and experiences do not repeat our
  mistakes

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Partnership for Peace

• Security of the Euro-Atlantic area is non
  divisible (grey zones undesirable)
• Common values, common actions
• Joint responsibility for peace and stability
• Transparency of plans, procedures, actions
• Direct link to NATO (EAPC copy intra-Alliance
  co-operation)
• Inclusiveness, self-differentiation

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Questions to be answered at the outset

• Future status of the country (neutral / non
  aligned? allied? or?)
• Purpose of PfP / EAPC membership serve your
  future
• Programmes to be built accordingly
• Clear vision - better chance to be assisted
• Decision made? Structure the steps

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Requirements, conditions?

• Basic commitments to Euro-Atlantic values
• Similarity to UN, OSCE, CEI, other regional
  arrangements
• Supposed to serve modernisation, reforms,
  stability, capability building
• Effects the entire state society
• No silver bullet solution! May be long way

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Early Hungarian Dilemmas

• Neutrality? NATO membership? Third way?
• To give up part of sovereignty?
• Where are the enemies?
• Too expensive to rebuild defence structures!
• Is it an offer instead of membership?
• Does it help if things go wrong in the
  neighbourhood?

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A Hungarian Roadmap

• Main objective of PfP membership - vision on the
  future
• Plan defence reform - introduce capable leaders
  for implantation
• Introduce civil control on the military
• Separate the functions of different military
  organisations

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A Hungarian Roadmap (2)

• set up an interagency steering body - to guide
  the accession, lead the preparation, control the
  substance of participation, plan tasks, look
  after harmonisation of steps within different
  agencies of Government
• Relevant units / departments to be identified in
  the Government agencies concerned
• Prepare and man a mission in Brussels

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A Hungarian Roadmap (3)

• Legal
• Review the list of laws and other legal acts to
  be amended or drafted
• Draft a decree on the tasks (projects) to be
  implemented on yearly basis
• Build a training programme for military,
  civilians, politicians, support expert teams -
  takes years, but can get support from abroad

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A Hungarian Roadmap (4)

• Financial
• Allocate a budget for the projects - at least on
  yearly basis
• Implement a planning and financing system
  according to PARP standards
• Security
• Identify the national contact point for
  co-operation with NATO (PfP)

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The Aim of the Seminar

• What PfP / EAPC is good for? (Still not an
  Aspirin!)
• Help preparing decisions on the agenda of BH
• Learn from You - good for NATO, HU
• To see what neighbours can use
• Strengthen mutual confidence
• Tasks ahead to find solutions for open questions

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Any Questions ?

• Thank you

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Security Issues To Be Dealt With- SEE

• Secessions - historic justice or security issue?
• National agendas or integration-approach?
• Zero sum game, or win-win situation?
• Relatively weak internal conflict resolution
  mechanism, structures, safety nets
• Relatively disadvantageous economic situation
• Relatively high presence of organised crime
  parallel srtuctures

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Security Issues To Be Dealt With- SEE (cont.)

• Borders open for trafficking or for cross-border
  co-operation?
• Too many weapons, too little control
• ICs role Correct? Mistaken?
• Responsibility for building the countries -
  regional ownership?
• Very encouraging signs
• BH very good potentials