Powell arrives, meets Eastern European journalists

(1 Apr 2004) 1. Pan from flags to hotel entrance 2. Security 3. Police helicopter flying 4. Car carrying U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, arriving at hotel 5. Mid shot Powell getting out of car 6. Powell entering meeting room 7. Various of Powell meeting journalists from seven new NATO countries STORYLINE: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Brussels on Thursday to hold talks with NATO leaders on improving peacekeeping measures in Iraq. The ideas Powell will discuss on Friday with the ministers range from taking over command of a multinational division to training peacekeeping and Iraqi forces to improve security in the country. Seventeen of the 26 NAT0 members are already playing a military role, but the Bush administration would like more of them to participate. On Thursday, Powell met with journalists from the seven former communist countries that formally entered NATO on Monday. Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia now come under NATO''s defensive umbrella - taking the alliance''s membership from 19 to 26. Before arriving in Brussels, Powell had attended a conference on Afghanistan in Berlin where he said drugs, crime and warlords could threaten reconstruction efforts in the country. In a speech to delegates, Powell said U.S remains committed to Afghanistan and said the U.S is prepared to supply security forces until the country can provide its own security. In a statement given to reporters in Berlin, Powell said, "There is no place in the new Afghanistan for private armies or sectarian violence." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...