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| PREPARATIONS FOR THE BUCHAREST NATO SUMMIT 19/02/2008 |
| (2008-02-19) |
| Last updated: 2008-02-20 16:44 EET |
Preparations for what the Romanian media calls “the largest Summit in NATO’s history”, due to take place in Bucharest this April, have come into the final straight. Romanian authorities consider this event as “the meeting with the widest participation and agenda” ever to be held in Romania.
On Monday, the Ministry of Transportation announced that Bucharest Baneasa and Otopeni international airports would be closed during the Summit, that is between the 2nd and 4th of April. Airlines will be able to use other airports in the country. Several restrictions will be applied to road traffic as well, on the route the 26 leaders of the NATO member states and their delegations will take from the airports to the centre of the capital city. More than 3,000 delegates are expected to arrive in Bucharest, including some of the most powerful leaders of the world, as well as more than 3,500 journalists.
Incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin, who in April will have completed his second presidential term in office and might already be Russia’s Prime Minister, confirmed he would attend the Summit too. Analysts say the Russian President risks being annoyed by the possibility for the Alliance to start accession negotiations with the ex-Soviet republics of Georgia and Ukraine. But chances are even higher for the three aspirant countries in the West Balkans – Croatia, Macedonia and Albania – to be invited to join NATO during the Bucharest Summit.
For people living in Bucharest, hosting the NATO Summit is as honouring as it is demanding. The city will practically be closed in and exceptional security measures, unavoidable on such occasions, are going to add to the pressure. In September 2006 Bucharest was practically paralyzed by traffic restrictions occasioned by a much lower scale event, the Francophony Summit.
The Romanian Government preventively decided that during the Summit all public institutions’ employees should benefit from three days off. If we count the week-ends, that would mean almost a one week vacation, an occasion for lots of people to escape from the city.
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