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Viewing cable 07BRATISLAVA129, SLOVAKIA APPROVES NATO REQUEST TO SEND ENGINEERS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BRATISLAVA129 2007-03-01 14:31 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bratislava
VZCZCXRO1782
OO RUEHIK RUEHYG
DE RUEHSL #0129 0601431
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 011431Z MAR 07
FM AMEMBASSY BRATISLAVA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0729
INFO RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000129 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL MASS NATO KPAO AF LO
SUBJECT: SLOVAKIA APPROVES NATO REQUEST TO SEND ENGINEERS 
TO KANDAHAR 
 
REF: BRATISLAVA 58 
 
1. The Slovak Cabinet approved a decision to transfer a 
maximum of 65 Slovak combat-engineers from Kabul to the 
airport in Kandahar on February 28. The decision came in 
response to a request made by NATO last Fall. Slovak soldiers 
will be sent to Kandahar with the caveat that they not leave 
the airfield. At the moment Slovakia has 57 soldiers in 
Afghanistan, only 40 of whom are combat engineers. It is not 
clear if extra forces will be added ahead of the transfer to 
Kandahar, which DefMin Kasicky said would be realized before 
the end of the first half of this year. Contacts at MoD have 
told us this decision does not require Parliamentary approval. 
 
2. President Gasparovic welcomed the Cabinet's decision and 
called it a proper step. Through his spokesperson, Gasparovic 
said he supports the decision because "we are members of 
NATO, and from this flow certain responsibilities." 
Gasparovic believes the decision shows that Slovakia is a 
responsible and respectable partner that wants to fulfill its 
commitments. 
SILVERMAN