Spring meetings of the Foreign Ministers of the North Atlantic Council, the Europe Atlantic Partnership Council, the NATO-Russian Federation Standing Partnership Council and the NATO-Ukraine Commission will take place in Florence on 24-25 May 2000.

The Turkish delegation to the Meetings will be headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs İsmail Cem.

At the North Atlantic Council meeting,latest developments on the European Security and Defense Identity, present situation in Kosova and Bosnia-Herzegovina, initiatives by EU and NATO aiming at establishing peace , stability and economic development in the Balkans , follow-up of the decisions endorsed at the NATO Washington summit, arms control and disarmament will be taken up.

Recent developments in the Partnership for Peace Program (PfP) following the Washington Summit will be reviewed at the Europe Atlantic Partnership Council meeting. Croatia that was invited to participate in the PfP will also attend that meeting after officially signing the Framework Document.

At the meetings of the NATO-RF Standing Partnership Council and NATO-Ukraine Commission, relations between the NATO and those countries will be discussed.