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Rasmussen on Romania and NATO
(2012-05-02)
Last updated: 2012-05-03 12:46 EET Print
After almost 10 years of military presence in Afghanistan, Romania is now considering a contribution to funding the security forces in that country, after the pullout of international troops scheduled for 2014. The Romanian authorities have recently announced they want NATO’s assessment to take into account Romania’s contribution to the Alliance mission in that country. In an exclusive interview to Radio Romania, NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said he greatly appreciated the Romanian military contribution in Afghanistan. He said the 1,800 Romanian soldiers in Afghanistan were doing a really great job, and NATO was very thankful and appreciative of their sacrifice. Rasmussen pointed out that the situation in Afghanistan was not perfect, but progress was reported in the past year. Rasmussen also pointed to a significant drop in the number of attacks by the Taliban, who were removed from power in 2011 by a US-led international coalition, and also to the positive developments reported in the Afghan healthcare, education and economy. Actually Afghanistan is the main topic on the agenda of the NATO summit to be hosted by Chicago on May 20th and 21st. According to Rasmussen, at the end of the summit new contributions to funding the Afghan security forces are expected from NATO members and partners. Another issue on the NATO summit agenda is the US antiballistic missile shield in Europe. NATO’s secretary general underlined that the Chicago summit should allow the allies to declare their Interim Capability for Missile Defence, with the aim of reaching full operational capacity by the end of the decade. Anders Fogh Rasmussen also said that NATO appreciated the fact that Romania hosted one of the components of the missile defense shield in Europe, which clearly proves Bucharest’s commitment to Euro-Atlantic security and NATO. Romania will host a high-tech radar in Deveselu (in the south), as part of the American antiballistic shield which is aimed at protecting Europe from missile attacks launched from the Middle East.

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