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    It is among NATO's responsibilities,'' Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said. ''We shall see what NATO's added value can be in this field.'' This initiative will be discussed by allied heads of state and government today. A working document cites attacks on energy facilities among the new threats facing the allies. In this context NATO could help to protect sensitive infrastructures such as gas pipelines. This new plan to extend the Alliance's responsibilities prompts major reservations in France. ''We will not ask NATO to protect our nuclear power plants,'' people are saying. chemise burberry homme canada
    ''It is, rather, a matter of using solidarity among allies in case of need,'' NATO retorts. ''NATO must envisage in its strategy ways of helping an ally suddenly deprived of energy,'' Richard Lugar, outgoing chairman of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, said on the sidelines of the summit. Mutual Defence France points out that security of energy infrastructures is a matter for the nation-states, not NATO. Indeed, the ''Old Europe'' fears another conflict between the Europeans and the Russians over the energy question. ''On the pretext of the terrorist threat, the new member states want NATO to protect them against cuts in Russian gas supplies,'' one French diplomat explained. ''But we will not brandish the Alliance's military resources in order to put pressure on Russia,'' he added. Following Russia's suspension of gas supplies to Ukraine last winter, the countries of the East have insisted on a mutual defence clause within the EU, based NATO's Article 5. chemise burberry homme outlet Their initiative did not get far. They are now turning to the Alliance, with US support. ''It's not a bad idea,'' according to General [James] Jones, the Alliance's military chief. ''NATO could protect supply routes from the North Sea or Nigeria to Europe,'' he suggested, the United States being worried about the threats facing oil wells in Nigeria and Iraq. NATO hopes to secure the allies' go-ahead in Riga today to establish new partnerships with Australia, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Sweden, and Finland. Driven by the United States during the past year, this ''world partnership initiative,'' which gives NATO an unprecedented dimension, is the most controversial topic of the summit. It has recently been the subject of a sharp dispute between Paris and Washington. chemise burberry homme xxl
    The United States is seeking a way to compensate countries that contribute to NATO operations in Afghanistan and the Balkans, but also Iraq. ''We do not want to turn NATO into a variable geometry alliance, to compensate countries that provide troops,'' France retorts. In the background, France's obstruction is forcing the United States to downsize its ambitions. ''We will authorize NATO to carry out training and planning with countries such as Japan and Australia,'' President Bush announced yesterday. Together with South Korea, Australia and Japan are among Washington's traditional allies in the Asia-Pacific region. Australia, a member of the coalition in Iraq, participates in NATO combat operations in southern Afghanistan. Japan has withdrawn its troops from Iraq but finances reconstruction in Afghanistan.

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