WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Hina) - US troops will participate in the peace mission in Macedonia, however, it will not be necessary to send new units but rather engage those already deployed in Kosovo, US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld
said. Rumsfeld said his country would participate in the mission with logistics, intelligence support, medical staff, the military hospital at the Bondsteel camp and troops on the Kosovo border. The latter ones would be taking over weapons from Albanian rebels who should choose to hand them over voluntarily and leave Macedonia for Kosovo. Asked if he could confirm that the month-long operation would not turn into another long military engagement, Rumsfeld said it would not be reasonable to claim anything. That part of the world has many problems and has had problems during my entire life, which is a long time, the US official said.(hina) rml
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Hina) - US troops will participate in the peace
mission in Macedonia, however, it will not be necessary to send new
units but rather engage those already deployed in Kosovo, US
Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld said.
Rumsfeld said his country would participate in the mission with
logistics, intelligence support, medical staff, the military
hospital at the Bondsteel camp and troops on the Kosovo border. The
latter ones would be taking over weapons from Albanian rebels who
should choose to hand them over voluntarily and leave Macedonia for
Kosovo.
Asked if he could confirm that the month-long operation would not
turn into another long military engagement, Rumsfeld said it would
not be reasonable to claim anything.
That part of the world has many problems and has had problems during
my entire life, which is a long time, the US official said.
(hina) rml