"President Allawi will have an answer on what he has asked, " de Hoop Scheffer said Saturday.
Mr de Hoop Scheffer on Sunday warned against resorting to violence to achieve political aims.
NATO's new secretary-general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will make bold claims in Istanbul for his Afghan mission.
Rasmussen, who replaces Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at NATO's helm, said relations with Russia were his second priority.
Mr De Hoop Scheffer added that he had been concerned by Russia's threat to re-direct its missiles at Europe.
On Sunday, de Hoop Scheffer said NATO instructors could work both inside and outside Iraq to train Iraqi forces.
De Hoop Scheffer said NATO ambassadors reached an initial agreement on Allawi's request at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday.
Scheffer also repeated reports that most of the civilian deaths from NATO attacks may have come about because Serb troops deliberately placed them in harm's way.
Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said NATO is close to having the number of troops it needs for Afghanistan, where 47, 000 foreign troops take part in the NATO-led mission.
"The NATO-Russia Council is up and running again also at the political level, " said NATO Secretary- General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, speaking at a meeting of ministers in Corfu, Greece.
"I'm optimistic that we will leave the summit ... with more troop commitments, which is necessary in Afghanistan, " Scheffer told CNN from Bucharest, Romania, where the summit is being held.
While there are differences of opinions regarding Georgia, Scheffer said member states "share common security interests, " including stability in Afghanistan, arms control, nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and concerns over drug trafficking, piracy and terrorism.
During her visit to Japan, the Director-General participated in a symposium on gender equality in sciences and scientific education in the presence of Mr. Hideki Fukuda, the President of Kobe University - one of the oldest in Japan, as well as Professor and 2008 L'Oreal Prize Winner Ingrid Scheffer, Dr. Yoshie Soma, Special Adviser to the University President, and Professor Roumiana Tsenkova, Director of Gender Equality Office at Kobe University.
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