U.S. Secretary Of State Thanks Romania For Committing Extra Troops To Afghanistan

At the end of the International Conference on the situation in Afghanistan held in London, Hillary Clinton thanked the countries that announced their decision to deploy additional troops in Afghanistan. Clinton also thanked Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan which are providing air space rights and other transit assistance.

"I especially thank the countries that have committed additional troops, leading with our host country, the United Kingdom, but including Italy, Germany, Romania. We also are grateful to all those who made their contributions known today. There are other countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, who are providing air space rights and other transit assistance," the U.S. secretary of state said.

Hillary Clinton added goals cannot be achieved by using force alone. She mentioned the U.S. Afghanistan and Pakistan Regional Stabilization Strategy released last week and whose goal is to support Afghan-led efforts to transform and strengthen their society and ensure their security.

"The goal is to have an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned strategy, and we are seeing that translated into reality every day," the secretary of state said.

Hillary Clinton also mentioned the "ambitious agenda for reform" announced by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and saluted Afghanistan's progress in preparing to take responsibility for its own security and an agenda for development and governance.

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