VZCZCXRO4081
OO RUEHIK RUEHPOD RUEHYG
DE RUEHTH #1236 2470839
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 030839Z SEP 08
FM AMEMBASSY ATHENS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2426
INFO RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL PRIORITY 0415
UNCLAS ATHENS 001236
SIPDIS
DEPT ALSO FOR SCA/A (SINGH) AND EUR/SE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV GR AF
SUBJECT: POINTS ON AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION DELIVERED
REF: STATE 93225
1. On September 3, A/Pol Counselor delivered reftel
non-paper on the Afghan Governemnt's proposal to expand the
Afghan National Army to Ambassador Alexios Christopoulos,
Director of the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania.
Christopoulos noted that Greece is not a member of the Joint
Coordination and Monitoring Board, but thanked us for the
information and promised to follow-up if he had any further
substantive comment.
MCCARTHY