91.   Leaders of EU candidate countries are traditionally invited to EU summits.

92.   Moeller warned a delay in enlargement as this would cause disappointment and disillusion in the candidate countries, and cautioned against talk of one.

93.   No concrete decisions on which of the nine candidate countries to invite to join the security alliance has been made, said Robertson.

94.   Officers from the NATO candidate countries were keen to work alongside with counterparts from the countries in the alliance they soon hope to join.

95.   On Thursday, a Rome summit brings together EU members and candidate countries to discuss immigration and asylum policy.

96.   President Ahmet Necdet Sezer will be replacing him at a meeting Saturday between EU countries and candidates countries in Seville, Spain.

97.   Poland is the biggest EU candidate country and therefore faces complex negotiations.

98.   Regarding enlargement financing, Slovenia, like other candidate countries, would like higher agricultural quotas and a better direct payments, stressed Drnovsek.

99.   Representatives from EU candidate countries and the Russian Duma are also to attend the meeting as observers.

100.   Ralston told Nastase that all decisions on NATO enlargement would depend on the political and military criteria to be met by each candidate country, the statement added.