NATO Defence Ministers agreed on Wednesday, 12 February, on the principle of strengthening the Alliance's training mission in Iraq, announced NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. However, this mission is currently on standby for security reasons.
"As a first step, this will consist of taking over some of the Global Coalition's current training activities", he told the media, saying that this was about doing more within the existing mandate and operational plan for NATO's mission in...