NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has no mandate to engage in political matters including the Iranian nuclear issue. Scheffer also rejected NATO involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process saying that NATO has no mandate on the issue unless an agreement is reached which included a United Nations Security Council resolution and only if the region's countries, headed by Israel ask for NATO presence in order to secure peace. 12/04/08
