SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SUSTAINMENT OF ANA VIA TRUST FUND

C O N F I D E N T I A L BRATISLAVA 000558 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/17/2015 TAGS: PREL PGOV MOPS NATO AF LO SUBJECT: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SUSTAINMENT OF ANA VIA TRUST FUND REF: SECSTATE 125172 ¶1. (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Kubis on November 28. Slovakia fully supports incorporating sustainment into NATO's current Afghan National Army (ANA) Trust Fund, according to Kubis. ¶2. (C) Kubis said Slovakia has provided material assistance directly to the ANA in the past and is likely to provide additional in-kind contributions. Kubis said he will ask the Ministers of Defense, Finance and Interior to consider what contributions they can make to the ANA. Kubis predicted that donations from Slovakia will all be in-kind, and doubted that a cash contribution to the Trust Fund would be forthcoming. ¶3. (SBU) Comment. Slovakia's last donation to the ANA was in December 2007, and consisted of ammunition for small arms, machine guns and artillery. Only a part of this 12.4 million USD donation was shipped to Afghanistan as some of it was deemed unnecessary. In April/May of 2007, Slovakia donated 19.4 million USD worth of small arms, ammunition and artillery pieces. That donation was shipped to Afghanistan at U.S. expense. End comment. OBSITNIK