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Remarks to the Citizens of Copenhagen July 12, 1997 July 12 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1997 I could stay longer, especially because it’s so which will be undivided, really for the first time warm and the jazz festival is going on. in its history. Prime Minister Rasmussen. We wish that too, President. Bosnia Q. How do you like the Danish hospitality? Q. You know Congress has voted that you— President Clinton. I love it, don’t you? we cease any operations or any participation in Q. Is this the first time you’ve been here? Bosnia after June 1998. Do you go along with President Clinton. Since 1969. I was here in that? December of 1969. I loved it then, and I like President Clinton. I believe the present oper- it now, a lot. ation will have run its course by then, and we’ll Q. Mr. President, is this a fitting end to a have to discuss what, if any, involvement the busy week? United States should have there. I will say this. President Clinton. It’s a wonderful end to a Our involvement there in the last—the SFOR busy week because we have had no stronger operation, which is much, much reduced; we ally and freedom has had no stronger friend have fewer than half the troops we had there than Denmark over the last several years. Den- when we started. It’s been much less expensive mark has taken a leading role in NATO and and much less hazardous to America than a re- is working for expansion and working for the sumption of full-scale war in Bosnia would be. resolution of our agreement with Russia and So I think it’s been a very good thing we’ve Ukraine and in Bosnia. Denmark has been with done, and I would hope the American people us in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Mac- are very proud of it. edonia. Denmark has been in Albania, where we have not been. It is a remarkable country, NOTE: The exchange began at 2:52 p.m. in the and this is a fitting end of the week because Prime Minister’s Office at Christianborg Palace. this is the week in which together, we with In his remarks, the President referred to Minister our NATO allies, I believe went a very long of Foreign Affairs Niels Helveg Petersen of Den- way toward creating a Europe which will be mark. A tape was not available for verification of free of war, which will have more freedom, and the content of this exchange. Remarks to the Citizens of Copenhagen July 12, 1997 Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Prime never forgotten the beauty of this city or the Minister and Lone and Madam Vice Prime Min- warmth of the Danish people. And it is very ister and Mr. Jelved, Lord Mayor, Madam Chair good to be back. of the Council. Ladies and gentlemen of Den- We gather today at the end of what will long mark, thank you for the wonderful welcome. be remembered as a week in which a new era I would also like to express my thanks for all of promise was launched for all Europe. It is of those who entertained you with music before the bond between our two nations and the bond we began. Thank you all very much. of the alliance of all nations in the North Atlan- Let me say I am delighted to be the first tic alliance that has brought us to this moment sitting American President ever to visit Den- of hope and possibility at the dawn of a new mark. I had planned to come earlier, as some century. of you know, but I injured my leg. And I thank This week in Madrid, we adapted NATO to you for allowing me to wait until my leg healed, meet the new security challenges of the 21st so the first sitting American President could also century. They will face us all: ethnic hatreds, be a standing American President. [Laughter] the weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, drug When I first visited Copenhagen in 1969, I was running, things that cross national borders. We just one student among many who were trav- invited three new nations from Central Europe eling here. But in all the years since, I have to join NATO. We opened the door to all the 954 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:40 Oct 19, 2001 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 1240 Sfmt 1240 C:\PUBPAPER\PUB_TEXT txed01 PsN: txed01 Administration of William J. Clinton, 1997 / July 12 region’s new democracies. We forged closer ties and time again reach beyond borders and go with our partners throughout the continent. To- on. gether we have now moved closer to realizing Over the last half century, you have looked our 50-year-old dream: a Europe undivided, past the borders of this prosperous land and democratic, and at peace for the very first time made the freedom and well-being of others your since nation-states arose on this continent. And concern: leading the global effort to lift people I thank the Government and the people of Den- out of poverty far away from here, standing up mark for their leadership in realizing this vision. for human rights around the world, as the Prime America’s unbroken ties with the Kingdom Minister said, sometimes almost alone—standing of Denmark are the oldest we have with any against those who would practice terror against nation in the world. The American people have the innocent. Denmark provides more peace- benefited beyond measure, in the stories of keepers proportionally than any other nation in Danish writers like Karen Blixen and Peter the entire world, and I hope you are all very Hoeg; in the philosophy of Kierkegaard, who proud of that. I am told once lived on this very square; in You were among the first to heed Bosnia’s the fables of Hans Christian Andersen who call. Despite the loss of brave Danish soldiers teaches our children that emperors sometimes while the war raged, you have never wavered. have no clothes but that ugly ducklings can turn For your unshakable commitment to peace and into swans. [Laughter] It is said that every Dane for all you do, I have come here to say on has a relative in America. Today I can tell you, behalf of the American people, we thank you. all Americans know they have a friend in Den- Now we must draw on your example to finish mark. the work of overcoming one of the greatest bar- Above all, I want to thank Denmark for the riers of our time, the division of Europe. And extraordinary example you have set for being this past week we have shown we can do it a force for good far beyond your numbers. Den- not by force of arms but by the power of peace. mark may be a small nation, but you are a This week we have seen the face of the new very large reason why I believe we’re on the Europe. In Madrid, during our NATO Summit, verge of a great new age of possibility. we saw 44 countries from all corners of the First, Denmark has been a pioneer in showing continent come together to forge a common fu- the world how a nation can succeed, both in ture. We saw the most successful defensive alli- creating a strong economy and a good society ance in history reach out its hand to new mem- that provides opportunity for all its citizens and bers and extend its hand to Ukraine and to supports those in need, a society bound together Russia, now our partners in building a bright by shared values and respect for real differences. future. We can all learn from your efforts to educate We saw nations large and small, new democ- your people for a lifetime, to give them the racies and old ones, join to clear away the debris tools necessary to make the most of their own of old blocs of nations to build new bonds of lives in a time of global, economic, and techno- partnership. In Poland, one of three nations in- logical change. vited to join the alliance, we saw the joy of Second, you have shown us the power of a a people at last secure in their freedom and nation to act with compassion and humanity. sure of their place in Europe, people who seized During World War II, Denmark’s rescue of its their moment and changed the course of their Jewish citizens from deportation and death history and who now sound ready to guarantee camps set a standard for moral courage that a future of freedom to others. Yesterday in Bu- will stir the hearts of free people forever. charest, Romania, a nation we believe that will Denmark has always made overcoming bar- soon be ready to join our alliance, we saw the riers a national mission, and that is the third faces of a people—over 100,000 of them—who point I want to make. A thousand years ago, freed themselves from yesterday’s tyranny and your seafaring ancestors pushed back the bar- are just as determined to seize the promise of riers of the known world. You are still doing tomorrow. that. Just as Tycho Brahe mapped the structure I thank Denmark for rising to this moment; of the heavens and Niels Bohr charted the inner especially I thank you for reaching out to Esto- workings of the atom, the Danish people time nia, Latvia, and Lithuania, for helping them to 955 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:40 Oct 19, 2001 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 1240 Sfmt 1240 C:\PUBPAPER\PUB_TEXT txed01 PsN: txed01 July 12 / Administration of William J.
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