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Article: Poland to consider reducing military presence in Iraq after 2005
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- April 22, 2004
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Poland to consider reducing military presence in Iraq after 2005
PARIS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Poland is considering reducing its
military presence in Iraq after the elections to be held in early
2005, Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz said here
Thursday.
"After the elections we think that the next year it will be
possible to reduce our presence in Iraq," the Polish minister said at
a news conference after meeting with his French counterpart Michel
Barnier.
The Polish defense minister also said in Warsaw on Thursday that
Poland considered a substantial reduction of its troops only after
the elections in Iraq before January 31, 2005.
However Polish Prime Minister Leszek ...