The US stressed its commitment to the defense of Japan and stability in the Asia-Pacific region against a backdrop of territorial claims by China.
Nato will end its seven-year troop training mission in Iraq at the end of December — coinciding with the withdrawal of US troops from the country.
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/ 31 October 2011
Nato will end its military operation in Libya at midnight on Monday, seven months after launching a campaign that helped overthrow the government.
Nato’s bombing campaign in Libya has crippled the government’s ability to attack rebels fighting to topple Muammar Gaddafi.
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/ 20 November 2010
Nato says it will hand over security in Afghanistan by the end of 2014 but would not abandon the country in its fight against the Taliban.
Nato’s chief expressed regret on Monday for the deaths of Pakistani soldiers and said he hoped Pakistan’s border would reopen for Nato supplies.
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/ 18 September 2009
Nato proposed a new era of cooperation with the US and Russia on Friday, calling for joint work on missile defence systems.
The US offered Taliban fighters who renounce violence in Afghanistan an ”honourable form of reconciliation” on Tuesday.
EU leaders will urge the G20 leading and emerging economies to double the size of the IMF’s arsenal for fighting global recession to -billion.
The US called on Nato on Thursday to allow the alliance to attack the Afghan opium trade, which it said was bringing the Taliban up to -million.