NATO, Afghanistan Open New Chapter of Cooperation: Ghani

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah headed to Brussels to participate in NATO’s Foreign Ministers in Resolute Support format session on Monday.

During a joint press conference at NATO headquarters with NATO Secretary General Mr. Jens Stoltenberg President Ghani said,” Our relation with NATO compelled by tragedy, cemented by sacrifices and now we have entered into a new phase, Afghanistan is in the front line of struggle. But that struggle has meant, and the NATO commitment to that struggle has meant, that Europe and North America have been safe.”

The CEO of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan accompanying his Afghan counterpart during ‘London Conference on Afghanistan 2014’ added,” With the new spirit of cooperation that you see from the national unity government, the scope for changing the environment, not only for Afghanistan, but for the region as well as for the world peace, is much greater than we can imagine,”

NATO Secretary General welcomed President Ghani and the Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to NATO Headquarters emphasizing that NATO will support Afghan Security Forces.

“We now have in place what we need to move forward with our new mission – Resolute Support – to train, advise and assist the Afghan national security forces,” he said.

Afghan Security Forces will take the responsibility of all combat missions in Afghanistan by the end of 2014 and NATO Foreign Ministers will come together in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss and ratify their new mission in Afghanistan officially starting 01 January 2015.