NATO Enlargement Costs (Hansard, 19 June 1997)

HL Deb 19 June 1997 vol 580 c131WA 131WA

§ Lord Kennet
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their current estimate of the costs of the envisaged enlargement of NATO to include (a) the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland; (b) Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia; and (c) other applicant states.

§ Lord Whitty
No decision has been taken on which countries will accede to NATO membership. The costs of enlargement, which fall both on the countries which join and on existing members of the Alliance and which will be incurred over a long period, will depend on that decision. Subject to that caveat, we expect the costs of enlargement to be manageable.