The United States does not decrease, contrary to the original plans, but by the end of 2015 keeps military contingent in Afghanistan, the size of the current level of 9,800 people - was announced Tuesday by US President Barack Obama in Washington.
After talking about the Obama White House, met for the first time in half a year ago Ashraf Gani elected Afghan government employees. Earlier plans by the end of the year, only 5,500 troops have left Afghanistan troop withdrawal slowing Gani requested.
"Afghanistan is still a very dangerous place" - Barack Obama said.
The US president said that troop withdrawal in 2016 due to the pace determined later in the year. However, he stressed that the deadline will continue in 2017 (by then, about a thousand soldiers remain in the US embassy in Kabul area), and has not changed is that the US forces had no combat role.
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The president postponed "really worth" a few months to reduce the number of US forces.
"We want to be sure that we will do everything to the success of the Afghan security forces, helping avoid the need for the visszatérésünkre" - he stressed.
Barack Obama confirmed that the Government intends to extend financial support to the Afghan security forces, at least until the end of the 2017 financial year. This is the case of congressional approval of a $ 4 billion annual commitment will mean.
Ashraf Gani stated that the Afghan leadership does not allow Afghanistan to be "global terrorism launch pad."
Gani, who in gratitude on Tuesday morning at the military cemetery in Arlington, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, the company laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier, in a joint press conference in the White House again thanked the US soldiers and taxpayers for the victims taken to Afghanistan.
"Tragedy brought us together, we combine our interests" - echoed.
The Afghan president expressed his satisfaction because of the slowing pace of troop withdrawal, and said that the US certified in this field flexibility Afghanistan will be used to speed up reforms and to ensure better teams and kiképzettségét felfegyverzettségét. In addition to expressing gratitude pointed out that the Afghan peace process will be guided by the Afghans.
At the press conference, President of the American response to a question, said they did not want to comment on the reports that spying for Israel regarding the Iranian nuclear program, the restriction of the negotiations. It is also confirmed that Israel and the United States other Middle Eastern partners will receive information on the progress of the negotiations.
According to him the case of the creation of the agreement of all parties "can lift the hood," to show that a good compromise reached at. Obama said the level of US-Israeli intelligence and security cooperation has not diminished.
The President opined that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to clarify in the election campaign, rejecting assertions of Palestinian statehood, still does not seem to improve the Middle East peace based on a two-state solution prospects. Obama said no one is thinking of creating a Palestinian state from one day to another, but the Palestinians must give up hope that there will be a secure Israel border countries.
Because of the tragedy of Germanwings passenger Obama expressed sympathy for Germany, Spain and the victims' relatives. He said that he spoke by phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and will call to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Condolences expressed Ashraf Gani also.
Source: MTI
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