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Biden, NATO allies consult for common Afghan strategy

Published: 10/03/2009 05:00

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday consulted with representatives from NATO allies on a common strategy and approach in Afghanistan.

US Vice President Joe Biden (C)speaks at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Council meeting as NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer(R) and NATO Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero(L) listen at organization headquarters in Brussels on March 10, 2009. (Xinhua/Pool/AFP/ JOHN THYS)

“It is from that area that al-Qaida and extremist allies are regenerating and conceiving new atrocities aimed at the people around the world,” Biden told reporters following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NRC), NATO’s decision-making body, in Brussels.

Biden is in Brussels to exchange views with NATO allies on the situation in Afghanistan as the Barack Obama administration in undergoing “a strategic review” of the U.S. policies in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.

“I know people in America and Europe are tired of this war (in Afghanistan),” said Biden, who stressed that no threat is more serious than the one posed by Afghanistan.

“None of us can deny the new threats in the 21st century must be dealt with. None of us can escape the responsibility to meet these threats. That’s why President Obama ordered a full-scale strategic review of our policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He insisted we consult with our allies and partners so we can reach a common approach” said Biden.

The U.S. administration is conducting a review of its policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, shifting focus from Iraq to fighting Islamic militants in Afghanistan. Obama has approved plans to send an additional 17,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

Washington’s NATO allies are under pressure to send more troops to Afghanistan, but the Europeans are reluctant to do so but are more enthusiastic to send more police trainers, judges and judicial experts to the central Asian nation which is to hold a crucial presidential election in August.

Biden said Washington will build its European allies’ ideas and concerns into its policy review, which he said would be ready before the end of this month in preparation for the April 3-4 NATO Summit.

VietNamNet/Xinhuanet

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