[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 40 (Monday, October 11, 1993)] [Page 2017] [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] <R04> Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's Meeting With NATO Secretary General Manfred Woerner October 6, 1993 The President met today with NATO Secretary General Manfred Woerner in the Oval Office. The President and Secretary Woerner discussed developments in Bosnia and exchanged ideas about preparations for the January 1994 NATO summit. They expressed their common commitment to taking advantage of this historic opportunity to chart NATO's course in the post-cold-war Europe. The President and the Secretary General agreed that the NATO summit should reaffirm the strength of the transatlantic security partnership and advance the process of adapting NATO to Europe's new security environment. They discussed how to deepen NATO's engagement in Europe's east and further the development of a ``European pillar'' within the alliance.