Mr. Speaker, first, we are involved with the planning because the decisions are made at NATO and we are a full partner in NATO.
Second, the meeting last week was a regular meeting of defence ministers of the European Union. On the side of that meeting, a few of them met with Secretary Cohen of the United States. It was an informal meeting. It was by no means a meeting attended by any NATO officials. No decisions were made. It was an ad hoc meeting. In fact, I had an ad hoc meeting on the phone today with Secretary Cohen to discuss the matter.