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| Today: 03 September 2010 Time: 04:06 AM |
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| NATO to send 10,000 extra troop to Afghanistan |
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| Military and Security 6/12/2009 6:25:00 PM |
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(with photos)
BRUSSELS, June 12 (KUNA) -- NATO Defense Ministers agreed here Friday to
send extra troops to Afghanistan for security during upcoming elections and to
continue anti-piracy naval operation off the coast of Somalia.
"We have generated the forces we need for the elections in Afghanistan.
Between 8,000 to 10,000 troops overall are being deployed in the country,"
NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer told a press conference after the
defense ministers' meeting.
Presidential elections in Afghanistan are scheduled to be held on August 20.
The ministers of the 28-member Alliance also agreed to create a new
military headquarters for NATO's mission in Afghanistan and to deploy AWACS
planes to assist with air traffic control in Afghanistan, he said.
They also agreed to the establishment of a NATO Training Mission in
Afghanistan for security forces.
NATO has 60,000 troops under its ISAF mission on the ground and "it will
keep growing," Scheffer added.
He said the role of Iran in Afghanistan was not discussed in Friday's
meeting, but added "Iran is an important neighbor of Afghanistan and if you
talk about regional solutions, Iran should be involved."
Moreover, the ministers agreed to deploy a longer-term mission off the
coast of Somalia. "NATO will continue to play its role in the fight against
piracy," he stressed.
NATO's anti-piracy operation off Somalia launched in November was to end
this month.
Earlier, addressing the meeting of NATO Defense Ministers with non-NATO
ISAF Contributing Nations, Scheffer said "enemies of Afghanistan are killing
civilians, burning schools and attacking soldiers and police officers. And
development is not taking root as fast as we would like or as we would hope."
Today's ministerial meeting was the last chaired by Scheffer. Former Danish
prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen will take the place of outgoing Scheffer
as new NATO secretary general in August.
On his part, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the meeting that
Afghanistan is the alliance's highest priority.
He also presented US Army General Stanley McChrystal, the new commander of
NATO and allied forces in Afghanistan, to the NATO defense ministers.
The two-day meeting of NATO defense ministers and 22 partner nations
focused on Afghanistan, anti-piracy and the situation in Kosovo. (end)
nk.hb
KUNA 121825 Jun 09NNNN
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مجلس الوزراء
اللجنة العليا للتحضير للاحتفال بالذكرى
الـ(50)
لاستقلال دولة الكويت و الذكرى الـ (20)
لعيد التحرير
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فى إطار الاستعدادات و الترتيبات الجارية للإعداد و التحضير للاحتفال
باليوبيل الذهبي للاستقلال و مرور
(20) عاما على تحرير دولة الكويت و انطلاقا من
حرص اللجنة العليا على إشراك كافة قطاعات الدولة فى الاحتفال بهاتين المناسبتين
الوطنيتين
يسر اللجنة الإعلامية المنبثقة عن اللجنة العليا دعوة من يرغب من مؤسسات و
شركات القطاع الخاص و الاتحادات التجارية و الاستثمارية للمشاركة في الأنشطة و
الفعاليات المقرر تنظيمها فى شهر فبراير من العام القادم 2011م
للاستفسار والتنسيق ومزيد من التفاصيل :
1- مكتب مقرر اللجنة الإعلامية:
هاتف: 22462289
فاكس: 22462296
2- البريد الإلكتروني:
kuwait5020@media.gov.kw
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