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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8706

14 May 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/afghanistan/cfsp
11 August Eurocorps likely to take over command of ISAF in Afghanistan

Brussels, 13/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - Eurocorps is likely to be deployed in Afghanistan from 11 August to ensure command of the NATO's ISAF force on the ground. The multinational force, created in 1992 and consisting of five key countries (France, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg), proposed, on 6 May, its services to NATO's military committee, which Eurocorps indicated, had been accepted. Nevertheless, the military decision may have been made but there still needs to be a political...

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