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| Nato strikes alternate supply route deals through Central Asia |
| 2012-06-05 |
| [Dawn] NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... has concluded agreements with Central Asian nations allowing it to evacuate vehicles and other military equipment from Afghanistan and completely bypass Pakistain, which once provided the main supply route for coalition forces. Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday that Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan had agreed to allow the reverse transport of alliance equipment. Since NATO already has an agreement with Russia, the deal will allow it to ship back to Europe tens of thousands of vehicles, containers and other items through the overland route when the evacuation picks up pace later this year. Pakistain shut down the southern supply routes six months ago after US After months of stalemate, Pak leaders last month signaled that negotiations on the supply routes were progressing, just in time to secure an invitation to the weekend NATO summit in Chicago. But since then the two sides have made little progress in the talks, officials said. The announcement on Monday appears to indicate that Washington and the allies are now preparing for the possibility that the supply link through Pakistain, said to be about six times cheaper than its northern alternative, may not be reopened at all. It is also likely to put pressure on Pakistain to ease its negotiating stance, which has been stuck in part on how much money the US and NATO should pay to transport the trucks through Pak territory. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Cut all aid to Pakistan and let them suffer for their treachery. Like the Iran Govt the Pakistan right is our main main enemy in the region. |
| Posted by: Fester Clunter7205 2012-06-05 07:04 |