In this exclusive interview with the Southeast European Times, Ashdown stressed the need for local authorities to make the important decisions on their own in order to guide their country towards Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme membership and, ultimately, entry into the EU and NATO.
U ekskluzivnom intervjuu za Southeast European Times, Ešdaun je ukazao na potrebu da lokalne vlasti same donesu neke važne odluke koje bi odvele njihovu zemlju ka programu Partnerstvo za mir (PzM) i konačno u EU i NATO.