NATO reaffirms continued support to Afghanistan

NATO Leaders at the Wales Summit reaffirmed on the 4 September 2014 their commitment to supporting Afghanistan and called on the two presidential candidates to work together and to conclude the necessary security agreements as soon as possible, as they have said they will.

Leaders from NATO nations joined by ISAF partner countries reaffirmed their readiness to launch a non-combat mission in Afghanistan after 2014 to help train, advise and assist Afghan security forces, providing necessary legal arrangements were signed without delay.

• Primary Source

NATO: NATO and Afghanistan http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/69772.htm

ESO: Background information: NATO Summit Wales 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/nato-summit-wales-2014/

European Council: Statement: Pres/14/457: Statement of the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy at the meeting on Afghanistan (ISAF) http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/144598.pdf

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