The US has pledged to provide $3.5bn annually to fund Afghan forces, and the government in Kabul is expected to contribute as much as $500m.
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He also stressed the importance of strengthening defense potential of Georgia.
Cameron also confirmed that Britain is to send an additional 50 troops to Afghanistan in a training and mentoring role while extending the mission of the 450 already there to help shore up the Afghan security forces.
He successfully won a separate commitment from NATO leaders to do more to help countries in North Africa and the Middle East that are targets of Islamic extremism.
During the Warsaw meeting, allies took a series of steps created to enhance NATO’s presence in eastern Europe. “NATO is as strong, as ready and as nimble as ever”.
The change in plans was emblematic of how the US and other Western nations “were caught surprised” by Russia’s actions, said Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio).
He said the alliance will launch a new maritime operation in the Mediterranean called Operation Sea Guardian, whose responsibilities will include counterterrorism. Obama is in Warsaw attending the NATO Summit. The shootings, and the ensuing protests in some USA cities, led to an uncharacteristic response from the president: He cut his five-day, two-country European trip to four days.
The remarks came after five white police officers were gunned down by a black man, identified as former US Army Reserve soldier Micah Johnson, during a protest rally on Thursday.
“So we had a very candid conversation about this”, he added.
“We are unique among advanced countries in the scale of violence we experience”.
But he said he believed that force levels would remain largely stable, based on commitments made on Saturday. Specific numbers will be finalised this autumn, he said. The officials were not authorized to discuss the details publicly, so spoke on condition of anonymity. But he said there will be fewer USA troops training Afghan conventional forces, although the US will still send teams into the regions to assist the army and police.
It followed an announcement by President Barack Obama, 54, that the remaining 8,400 U.S. troops in the country are to stay on for the rest of his presidency in the face of the worsening security situation. Otherwise, the global community is committed to fighting them, ” said Gen. Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the Afghan Defense Ministry.
“We are not seeking confrontation with Russian Federation”.
“We do not see any immediate threat”. Yes we continue to speak out against what they are doing that we think is counterproductive to security in our region.
While the Dallas attack diverted Obama’s attention for at least some of the day, other leaders gathered in Poland were distracted by the still-uncertain future between Britain and the European Union.
At the same time, the diplomat continued, still being ignored are the negative consequences and risks for the entire system of the Euro-Atlantic security, “which emerge from Washington’s and Brussels’ deliberate actions to change the existing balance of force, including in the forced implementation of the U.S./NATO anti-missile plans in Europe”. He has said some of the rhetoric emanating from Trump has harmed the United States’ reputation overseas.
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Meanwhile, ex-USSR chief Mikhail Gorbachev told Interfax news agency on Sunday: “Despite NATO assurances that it seeks deterrence and dialogue with Russia, NATO seems to be preparing to escalate conflict”.
