COAS leaves for Brussels to attend NATO meeting

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COAS leaves for Brussels to attend NATO meeting

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani left for Brussels on Tuesday at the special invitation of NATO Military Committee Chairman Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, to participate in a meeting of army chiefs of different countries. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the military committee is the highest forum of NATO, which meets regularly to discuss various strategic issues. Kayani during his two-day visit will present Pakistan’s perspective on the security situation in the region and will also emphasise the need for a comprehensive approach to deal with the complex security situation. Kayani will also hold separate meetings with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and US Chairman Joint Staff Admiral Michael G Mullen to discuss matters of mutual interest. staff report

 

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he's back already

 

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he's back already

Question is either he succeed to convince NATO or not?

Kayani urges Nato to understand Pak strategy
Published: January 28, 2010
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BRUSSELS (Agencies) – Top officers from Pakistan, Nato and Russia gave unanimous backing on Wednesday to the new international strategy in Afghanistan, the head of the alliance’s Military Committee said.
“There was a feeling in the room that we are getting it right,” Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola told reporters after talks in Brussels with chiefs of military staff from more than 60 countries.
Di Paola said Russian chief of staff Nikolai Makarov and his Pakistan counterpart Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had underlined that Nato’s success in defeating the insurgency would have important repercussions for their nations.
“We have a greater interest than you that you succeed, that’s what he said,” Makarov had told the meeting of top brass at Nato headquarters, Di Paola said.
Gen Kayani “said much the same thing as Nikolai: we have an even greater interest than you to have a peaceful, stable Afghanistan,” he said.
Di Paola said Gen Kayani was “incredibly in tune” with the approach of US Gen Stanley McChrystal, who also attended, to put the protection of Afghan civilians at the heart of the international strategy.
Gen Kayani also spoke of “the same comprehensive approach to the problem of the northwest tribal area,” where Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters have rear bases across the border in Pakistan, Di Paola said.
“That made me believe that the tide is turning, and so we will see at the end of this year the light on the horizon,” the Italian admiral said.
Addressing the two-day meeting, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani urged on Nato to realise Pakistan’s strategy and perspective on region’s security situation and called for enhancement of Pakistan’s role in finding a solution to the Afghanistan problem.
He said in order to win war on terror the confidence between Nato and Pakistani forces is needed along with cooperation in intelligence sectors.
Nato and Pakistan can only defeat their common enemy if both sides have confidence on each other, he said, adding that sharing of intelligence can play a vital role.

 

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Just out of curiosity, as the article said that Chiefs of Military Staff from more than 60 countries were present, does anybody know if the Indian COAS was also there??