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http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/br/Qdutch-nato-macedonia.RQXH_CMS.html NATO asks Dutch to take over Macedonia mission THE HAGUE, March 28 (AFP) - The NATO has asked The Netherlands to take command of the "Amber Fox" peacekeeping operation in Macedonia when the German mandate to run the force runs out at the end of July, a spokesman for the Defence Ministry said Thursday. The Dutch government has not yet taken a decision on the matter but is "seriously considering it," said spokesman Hans van den Heuvel. NATO Secretary General George Robertson told Dutch Defence Minister Frank de Grave that NATO would like the Dutch to take command of Amber Fox when the two spoke at a EU ministers meeting in Spain last weekend. If The Netherlands agrees, it will send a force of between 300 and 400 soldiers. At the moment there are no Dutch troops in the former Yugoslav republic. The Amber Fox mission was sent to Macedonia as part of a Western-brokered peace plan reached last August. The agreement put an end to a seven-month ethnic Albanian uprising which had pushed the Balkan state to the brink of war. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
