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08LJUBLJANA313
2008-07-11 14:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ljubljana
Cable title:  

SLOVENIA CONSIDERS EXPANDING NATO TRAINING

Tags:  PREL MARR NATO IZ SI 
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DE RUEHLJ #0313 1931407
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R 111407Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA
TO RUEHXP/ALL NATO POST COLLECTIVE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000313

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/12/2018
TAGS: PREL MARR NATO IZ SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA CONSIDERS EXPANDING NATO TRAINING
MISSION-IRAQ

REF: SECSTATE 73794

Classified By: Amb. Yousif B. Ghafari for reasons: 1.4 (B,D)

(C) In a July 11 meeting with Security Policy Division
Director Stansilav Vidovic and advisor Robert Strazisar,
Emboffs encouraged Slovenia to provide additional resources
to support new training tasks in response to the newly
expanded mission in Iraq. Vidovic responded that the
Government of Slovenia (GOS) will have to postpone a decision
on whether to support the expanded NATO Training Mission-Iraq
(NTM-I) until after the September 21 parliamentary elections.
He explained it is "impossible from a political perspective"
to recommend increasing Slovenia's contribution in this
politically-heated environment. Vidovic noted, however, that
after the elections, the GOS would most likely respond
favorably to raising the number of Slovenian trainers from
two to four. (Note: Initially, Slovenia had four trainers
at NTM-I, and had only drawn back to two when NATO decreased
the NTM-I. End Note.) Lt. General Gary Speer, Acting
Commanding General of USAREUR, and DATT raised this same
issue with Chief of Army Staff Lt. General Gutman on July ll.
Gutman also said that Slovenia would not consider the issue
until after the elections.
GHAFARI