File photo shows NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. NATO is ready to strengthen its ties with Africa, but Africa should come up with solutions to its problems and not expect NATO to police the world, its secretary general Scheffer said on Thursday. (AFP/File/John Thys)From Yahoo News/AFP:
ACCRA (AFP) – NATO is ready to strengthen its ties with Africa, but Africa should come up with solutions to its problems and not expect NATO to police the world, its secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.
He said NATO, which has been providing "airlifting support" for the African Union peacekeeping missions in Darfur and Somalia, can do more if asked to, but should not be seen as the global policeman.
Africa should play its part, said the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) during a visit to Ghana at the behest of President John Kufuor.
"We respond to requests put forward by the African Union. We do not see ourselves as a global policeman.
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My Comment: Nato is coming clean with Africa on what are its limits, and what it is committed to do on the African continent. A distasteful situation for everyone, but a realistic one.