Robertson also praised the alliance for opening its doors to the seven former communist countries and voiced confidence that this decision would go down in history as a "turning point in the building of a Europe reunited and free: a Europe united in peace, democracy and common values, from the Baltics to the Balkans, from the Atlantic to the Black Sea.
Robertson je takođe pohvalio NATO na otvaranju svojih vrata za sedam bivših komunističkih zemalja i izrazio uverenje da će ta odluka u istoriji biti upamćena kao "prekretnica u izgradnji ponovo ujedinjene i slobodne Evrope: Evrope ujedinjene u miru, demokratiji i zajedničkim vrednostima, od Baltika do Balkana, od Atlantika do Crnog Mora.