Hollywood in Bucharest version: secret services prepared 12 transportation scenarios for NATO Summit

Marţi, 18 martie 2008, 9:51 English | Bucharest

The NATO Summit due to take place in Bucharest will host about 50 heads of state and government and will start on April 2 with a small working dinner and end on April 4 with the reunion of the NATO-Russia Council. The state secretary responsible for the NATO Summit, Victor Micula, explained that four floors of the House of Parliament will be used for the official conferences while other five for the press center.

In the conference area, there will be set up an office for each delegation of the NATO member countries, a business center area with 20 computers and one area for bilateral meetings, Romanian news agency NewsIn informs.

Currently, organizers have 460 cars for the transportation of high-profile guests, of which 69 are Mercedes and 370 are Ford. Of these, almost 70 are Transit Ford, with eight seats. For the official convoys there are 12 transportation scenarios and for the press, 15. The special press delegations will be transported by 440 mini-buses and 150 police cars will assure their safety.

Up to now, 2000 hotel rooms were reserved and another 210 rooms are kept as backup, Foreign Affairs Ministry officials declared. Press representatives will receive their accreditation at the House of Parliament from eight designated offices.

Regarding the security, Micula argued that the risk assessment strategy did not reveal any problems and that, so far, no incidents were expected. In terms of medical insurances, several important hospitals have been contracted to assure that delegations are covered.