Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BAKU1731
2006-11-29 06:56:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baku
Cable title:
MESSAGE DELIVERED TO THE GOAJ ON NATO COMMITMENT
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/29/2016
TAGS: PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IPINS AG AJ
SUBJECT: MESSAGE DELIVERED TO THE GOAJ ON NATO COMMITMENT
TO AFGHANISTAN
REF: STATE 186256
Classified By: DCM Jason Hyland for reasons 1.4 b and d.
(C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points November 20 to MFA
officer Matin Karimli, who works in the Security Affairs
Department. Karimli remarked that the GOAJ is committed to
ensuring the success of NATO's ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
Karimli noted that as a demonstration of the GOAJ's support
for this key mission, President Ilham Aliyev recently pledged
to double the number of Azerbaijani peacekeepers deployed to
Afghanistan. Karimli noted that there currently are 20-22
Azerbaijani peacekeepers deployed near Kabul and this number
would double after the Azerbaijani Parliament approves this
decision. (Note: Aliyev made the commitment during his
November 8 visit to NATO headquarters.)
DERSE