NATO Reform High On 2011 Agenda

Published: 24 Jan 2011 09:25 By JULIAN HALE DefenseNews

BRUSSELS - NATO reform will be one of three key Alliance priorities in 2011, alongside sustainable transition in Afghanistan and engagement with Alliance partners, said the bloc's Sec Gen Anders Fogh Rasmussen here Jan. 24. After a decision by NATO heads of state and government at the Lisbon summit to cut the number of NATO's agencies to three, Rasmussen said he will be presenting options for the new agency structure to ministers in March. Options may include one agency being responsible for all NATO procurement work, said a NATO official. "Our aim is that implementation of the agency reform can be completed within the next two years," said Rasmussen.