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Government to Scrap Agreement on Giving Weapons to Afghanistan
Wednesday 16 December 2009 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, December 16 (TASR) - The Slovak Government agreed on Wednesday to abrogate a 2006 accord to donate military equipment to Afghanistan after the latter repeatedly refused to accept the related weapons and ammunition between 2006-08, citing a lack of storage capacities.
According to the Defence Ministry's approved proposal, the accord will expire after a notice period of 12 months.
Under the agreement modified at a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Seville (Spain) in 2007 between then Slovak Defence Minister Frantisek Kasicky and his Afghan counterpart Abdul Rahim Wardak, Slovakia was expected to provide 20,000 sub-machine guns, 2,000 machine guns, 14,600 assorted rounds and 14,000 howitzer rounds and other accessories.
Slovakia had already attempted to nullify the agreement in March of this year, but backtracked following protests from Afghanistan.
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