BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) (ITALPRESS) – “With the change of pace decided today by NATO, Italian soldiers and allies are leaving Afghanistan. It will begin on May 1st and by September, the iconic date of 11 September has been chosen, to remember the attack on the Twin Towers, we will see the total withdrawal of the NATO contingent from Afghanistan “. Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said this on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels. “I would say a historic day for NATO here in Brussels has just ended. After my visit to Washington in the last two days in which with Secretary of State Blinken we also talked about Afghanistan and the willingness of Italy and the United States to change pace , today after two meetings at NATO a historic decision has been reached – explained Di Maio -: after twenty years of NATO presence in Afghanistan, Italy and all its allies have decided to withdraw their troops. We will not leave the people alone. Afghan, we will continue to support him with cooperation. We change our approach, withdrawing the soldiers. Our thanks go to them, they have done a great job in 20 years. I also thank the Ministry of Defense, led by Lorenzo Guerini, who together with the Foreign Ministry in the coming months he will coordinate the withdrawal of troops “. (ITALPRESS). sat / red 14-Apr-21 21:36
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