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2019-12-04 Afghanistan
Germans Ready to Extend Their NATO Mission: Minister
[ToloNews] The visiting German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
...Angela Merkel’s new pick for successor...
at a news conference in Kabul said she hopes the Afghan election results are announced in the near future, and she hopes results will be accepted by all stakeholders.

She also said that Berlin will help Afghanistan to achieve peace.

"We hope that the results of the free elections which have been held, are announced soon and all stakeholders accept the results so that a strong government is formed which could strengthen peace negotiations," said Karrenbauer.

She also talked about Germany’s readiness to extend the mission of almost 1,000 German troops in Afghanistan.

"We have a shared goal and it is that the people of Afghanistan should live in a secure environment and join hands and cooperate," she said.

President Ghani meanwhile welcomed Germany’s assistance to Afghanistan and said it has had a constructive role in the Afghan grinding of the peace processor.

"We discussed Afghanistan’s future from different perspectives," Ghani said. "Germany has hosted three big conferences on Afghanistan at a higher level and in all of them it has insisted on a stable, democratic and dignified Afghanistan."
Posted by trailing wife 2019-12-04 00:46|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 I'm so old I remember when Donald Trump's reckless foreign policy was going to destroy NATO. (OK, that would make me about one and a half)

Germany is stepping up and everyone is ragging on Macron for saying NATO is braindead. Tell me Trump can't play this game!
Posted by SteveS 2019-12-04 09:33||   2019-12-04 09:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Do or do not, there is no try.
Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-04 12:00||   2019-12-04 12:00|| Front Page Top

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