Here is the most recent blog post of the new British Ambassador in Romania, Dr. Martin Harris. His Excellence’s blog can be found HERE.
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Last week I had the honour to award certificates to forty men and women of the Romanian armed forces that will soon be joining the rest of the Romanian contingent in Zabul Province in Afghanistan. They had just completed four weeks training with British military instructors as part of a course of several months spent preparing for their mission.
This is a vital mission for Great Britain and for Romania.
There was a time when Afghanistan was unknown territory for most people in Europe. Britain has a long history of engagement with Afghanistan, due to its proximity to the British Empire in India in the 19th century. And in the 1980s Afghanistan became one of the theatre in which the conflict between the US and the USSR was played out. But today we live in a smaller world, and Afghanistan is close to all of us. The lesson of 9/11 was that no country can afford another country to be left ungoverned, as a free space where organized crime and terrorist groups can operate. The old adage of the Helsinki Final Act has come true – our security is truly indivisible. Read on…
[...] Martin Harris – Why Afghanistan Matters Wed Dec 01, 2010 18:16 pm Here is the most recent blog post of the new British Ambassador in Romania, Dr. Martin Harris. His Excellence’s blog can be found HERE. * * * Last week I had the honour to award certificates to forty men and women of the Romanian armed forces that will soon be joining the rest of the [...] [...]
By: Martin Harris – Why Afghanistan Matters - Ziarul toateBlogurile.ro on 1 December 2010
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Wow – I see DM supporting the war in Afghanistan?
Miracles are possible!
By: evedyahu on 2 December 2010
at 6:55 am
You are kidding, man. I know well that I don’t. Martin is a friend, I could say and he in here in an official position. He can only represent his government position on things. That is in his job description. Presenting that position is no endorsement. But you know that already.
By: DanutM on 2 December 2010
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