Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Italy to stay in Afghanistan after 2014

The Italian minister of Defence confirmed commitments taken by previous government 

Roberta Pinotti
by Emanuele Bonini

Italian commitment for Afghanistan won't be over at the end of the year, assured yesterday the Italian minister of Defence, Roberta Pinotti. The Country will respect the international obligation leaving a small military force deployed on the ground. «Previous governments granted the availability of a military coordination in western part of Afghanistan, and being a serious country we are going to respect these obligation», stated Pinotti in the margin of the Foreign Affair council. Anyway, «Afghanistan has to be a military scenario to be closed», she added. Italy will provide «an average military presence of about 500 soldiers», and «any further engage will have to be approved by the Parliament».

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