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US GRATEFUL TO HAVE CHEAP CZECH MERCENARIES FOR AFGHANISTAN





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Year Ten: U.S. Grateful To Czechs For More Afghan War Troops

Posted by: "Rick Rozoff" rwrozoff@yahoo.com   rwrozoff

Wed Oct 6, 2010 7:56 pm (PDT)



http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/usa-is-grateful-to-czechs-for-more-troops-in-afghanistan-clinton/538531

Czech News Agency
October 6, 2010

USA is grateful to Czechs for more troops in Afghanistan -Clinton


Washington: The USA is grateful to Czechs for increasing their contingent in Afghanistan, as approved by the Czech government, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told her Czech counterpart Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg.

After meeting Clinton, Schwarzenberg said she had been happy at the Czech step.

Along with Afghanistan, economic cooperation, NATO future and relations with Russia were on the agenda of the talks.

Schwarzenberg and Clinton also discussed the appointment of new U.S. ambassador to Prague Norman Eisen, blocked by the U.S. Senate last week.

Clinton told Schwarzenberg that the question would probably be resolved after the November elections to the Congress and that the current problem with the nomination was largely connected with the election struggle in the USA.

Briefly before their meeting, Clinton told journalists the Czech Republic was a good ally.

She said the Czech Republic was a valuable partner and ally in NATO and in many important issues.

Schwarzenberg, now on the second day of his working visit to the USA, stressed in a short statement that earlier today the Czech government had approved an increase in the number of Czech troops in Afghanistan.

The Czech government approved the Defence Ministry's proposal for foreign military missions until 2013 that provides for the raising of the number of soldiers in Afghanistan.

Up to 720 soldiers are to be deployed in Afghanistan next year and up to 640 in 2012, mainly in the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Logar province.
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U.S. Tells Russia To End "Occupation" Of Georgian Territory

Posted by: "Rick Rozoff" rwrozoff@yahoo.com   rwrozoff

Wed Oct 6, 2010 7:58 pm (PDT)



http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-10/07/c_13544908.htm

Xinhua News Agency
October 7, 2010

U.S. calls on Russia to end "occupation" of Georgian territory


WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday reiterated U.S. call on Russia to end its "occupation" of Georgian territory and withdraw its forces.

"Georgia has taken a constructive approach in our common efforts to address this challenge through the talks in Geneva, we support the objectives of Georgia's State Strategy on Occupied Territories," Clinton told visiting Georgian Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri at the State Department. "We are prepared to undertake activities that reinforce these important objectives."

Russia and Georgia fought a five-day war in August 2008, when Georgia used military forces to retake South Ossetia, a breakaway Georgian republic that borders Russia. In response, Moscow sent in troops to drive Georgian forces out of the region.

Russia recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states on Aug. 26, 2008, two weeks after the conflict ended, prompting Georgia to sever its diplomatic ties with Moscow.

Georgia and the West have condemned Russia's plans for a military presence in Abkhazia, which they consider is sovereign Georgian land. In Oct. 2008, the Geneva talks were initiated, involving Russia, Georgia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, the United States as well as the three mediators - the European Union, the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The 13th round of talks are scheduled for Oct. 14.

In her visit to Georgia in July, Clinton called on Russia to end "the occupation" of Georgia, resulting in angry dismissal as " absolutely baseless" by Russian Foreign Ministry.

"We continue to call on Russia to end its occupation of Georgian territory, withdraw its forces," Clinton told Prime Minister Gilauri and his delegation. "The United States will not waver in its support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity."

She also said that U.S. remains committed to Georgia's aspirations for membership in NATO and continues to support Georgia's efforts on defense reform and improving defense capabilities.
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