Agreement was reached despite continuing differences over NATO's role, with French President Jacques Chirac insisting that training be conducted by Alliance members under their own flags, not NATO's.
Sporazum je postignut uprkos kontinuiranim razmimoilazenjima oko uloge NATO-a. Francuski predsednik Žak Širak insistira na tome da članovi Alijanse vrše obuku pod sopstvenim zastavama, a ne pod zastavom NATO-a.