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    ISAF COMMAND THANKS DEFENSE MINISTER OF ARMENIA FOR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS OF ARMENIAN PEACEKEEPERS

    ArmInfo
    2010-07-27 17:14:00

    ArmInfo. Delegation led by Defense Minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan
    was on a working visit to Afghanistan on July 24-26. The Armenian
    Ministry of Defense reported that on July 24 Minister Ohanyan visited
    the Armenian peacekeeping union under the German command in NATO
    ISAF North Command in Afghanistan, Kunduz, and got first hand view of
    the service of Armenian peacekeepers at the strong points of Kunduz
    Airport. RA Armed Forced spiritual leader Vrtanes Bishop Abrahamyan
    blessed the chapel built by Armenian peacekeepers and named after St.
    Tadevos Apostle.

    The delegation met with ISAF Afghanistan commander, US AF general David
    Petreus, the North Command of ISAF Afghanistan and the leadership of
    the Kunduz province restoration group. The parties discussed security
    atmosphere in Afghansitan and in the region, challenges connected
    with the procedure of transferring responsibility for security of
    the region from ISAF to Afghan armed forces as well as the results
    of the Summit in Kabul and the prospects of cooperation.

    ISAF leadership thanked Minister Seyran Ohanyan for perfect and
    exemplary service of the Armenian peacekeepers and the important
    contribution to security of the strategic areas in the north of
    Afghanistan. Heinz Werner Fritz, the North Command of ISAF Afghanistan,
    briefed on the security situation in the north of Afghanistan, the
    strategy of actions, the command structure, achievement and challenges.

    On July 25 Minister of Defense of Afghanistan Abdul Raheem Wardak,
    chief of the AF GS of Afghanistan, lieutenant-general Sher Mohammad
    Karim received the Armenian delegation. Service of the Armenian
    peacekeeping union in Kunduz was highly appreciated during the
    meeting. Minister Wardak said that as compared to last year, the
    growth of incidents has objective reasons: the number of ISAF and
    Afghan security forces sharply grew and security measures embraced the
    regions where security actions were impossible before. He said that
    despite many problems public and economic growth was registered in
    Afghanistan since 2002 also thanks to efforts of the world community,
    statistical data say.




    From: A. Papazian
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