Separately, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, bidding goodbye to his NATO counterparts, is expected to repeat demands for more contributions to alliance operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Washington has offered to place two provincial reconstruction teams under NATO command in Afghanistan as long as European NATO allies supply two more such teams, consisting of a few hundred soldiers and civilian workers. The U.S. also wants European allies to contribute about 300 military instructors plus support troops for a training mission being set up in Baghdad. Thursday's gathering of foreign ministers follows an unprecedented ministerial meeting late Wednesday with Israel and six Arab nations, reflecting the alliance's drive to reinforce relations with its southern neighbours. All countries have to work together to fight global terrorism, de Hoop Scheffer told reporters after a working dinner with foreign ministers from Israel, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania. The meeting between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Middle East nations followed promises to strengthen ties with the region made by NATO foreign ministers at their meeting in Istanbul in June. --SPA 1322 Local Time 1022 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/223589