AFGHNISTAN: UNITED STATES DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD ARMITAGE HAS VISITED KABUL

Record ID: 222932

  • Title: AFGHNISTAN: UNITED STATES DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD ARMITAGE HAS VISITED KABUL
  • Date: 9th May 2003
  • Summary: (U4) KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (MAY 9, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SLV/SV OF U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD ARMITAGE VISITING AFGHAN PRESIDENT KARZAI (3 SHOTS) 0.19 2. PAN AFGHAN OFFICIALS WITH ARMITAGE 0.25 3. TV CARS ARRIVING AT KABUL MUSEUM 0.31 4. TV U.S. SECURITY FORCES OUTSIDE OF KABUL MUSEUM 0.35 5. TV ARMITAGE ARRIVING AT NEWS CONFERENCE 0.48 6. SLV MEDIA AND SECURITY STANDING 0.53 7. SLV ARMITAGE ARIVING FOR PRESS CONFERENCE 1.01 8. SV SECURITY 1.05 9. MCU (English) ARMITAGE SAYING "We'll withdraw forces once we are sure that the government of Afghanistan feels perfectly secure, the people of Afghanistan have found necessary stability, whether we begin to withdraw at any one date or another is a question our military forces will put forward to our political leadership but there is no set date for anything , as far as I know, yet." 1.30 10. SLV JOURNALIST AND MEDIA AT NEWS CONFERENCE 1.36 11. MCU (English) ARMITAGE SAYING "The United States, although presently pre-occupied in Iraq, is not going to forget its responsibilities here in Afghanistan and that we are able to do two things at the same time." 1.48 12. PAN OF U.S. SECURITY GUARD WITH AUTOMATIC RIFLE 1.57 13. SV ARMITAGE GIVING 100,000 U.S. DOLLAR CHEQUE TO AFGHAN CULTURE MINISTER 2.08 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 24th May 2003 13:00
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  • Location: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Reuters ID: LVA8636IEDAYYT1VV2C8HW54EW1
  • Story Text: United States Deputy Secretary of State Richard
    Armitage has visited Kabul on the second leg of an Asian tour
    to stress that events in Iraq will not distract Washington
    from its responsibilities in Afghanistan.



    United States (U.S.) Deputy Secretary of State
    Richard Armitage met with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
    on Friday (May 9, 2003) to stress to the war-torn nation that it
    will not be forgotten despite events in Iraq.

    Armitage said Washington did not support an appeal by
    United Nations (U.N.) special representative to Afghanistan
    Lakhdar Brahimi for international peacekeepers to be deployed
    outside Kabul.

    But, in response to a question, he said U.S. combat troops
    would not leave the country until the Afghan government and
    its people felt secure.

    "We'll withdraw forces once we are sure that the
    government of Afghanistan feels perfectly secure, the people
    of Afghanistan have found necessary stability, whether we
    begin to withdraw at any one date or another is a question our
    military forces will put forward to our political leadership
    but there is no set date for anything , as far as I know, yet,"
    he told media at a news conference held at the Kabul Museum.

    He added that President George W. Bush had asked him to
    come to Afghanistan, following a visit by United States
    Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld, to make the point that
    the United States would not forget its responsibilities.

    "We are able to do two things at the same time," he told a
    brief news conference held in the shattered remains of
    Afghanistan's National Museum.

    Armitage handed over a cheque to the Afghan government for
    100,000 U.S. dollars to support the refurbishment of the
    museum, virtually bare after most of its contents were
    destroyed under Taiban rule.


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