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NATO Ministers to debate on reform, Afghanistan
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IANS | 01 Jun, 2021
The Foreign and Defence Ministers of the 30 NATO
countries will hold two video conferences on Tuesday ahead of a summit
later this month, with work to draw up a leaders' communique already
under way.
Set to dominate the two meetings are a raft of reform
ideas first presented late last year by the alliance's chief, as well as
the allies' planned withdrawal from Afghanistan in the coming months
after nearly two decades on the ground, reports dpa news agency.
Ahead
of the meeting, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg appealed for
allies to "spend more together" on common defence initiatives.
Along
with boosting internal consultation, this is one of the main proposals
for modernising the institution, which has been repeatedly rocked by
strong disagreements in recent years.
Stoltenberg told the media
on Monday he is confident leaders will sign off a reform agenda at the
June 14 leaders' meeting, the first since US President Joe Biden took
over from his predecessor Donald Trump.
Allies present in
Afghanistan must also determine exactly how their cooperation with the
government in Kabul will continue once NATO and partner countries'
remaining 10,000 or so troops leave.
Stoltenberg recently announced that government security forces could be trained outside Afghanistan in future.
NATO wants to maintain financial support for the security forces and to offer advice.
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