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Tuesday August 26, 03 a military delegation headed by Ioan Mircea Pascu minister of National Defense was in the theater of operations in Iraq in order to meet the Romanian soldiers participating to "Antica Babilonia" and "Iraqi Freedom" operations.
Minister Pascu visited the 811th Battalion, MP team, and engineering team and liaison and staff officers in "White Horse" camp in Nassirya and Al Hillah.
The delegation headed by the minister of National defense met the commanders of the South - East and Central - South multinational divisions and the commander of the Italian Brigade "Garibaldi" were the Romanian military are acting within.
Minister of National Defense visited the quartering and working areas and discussed with the Romanians about their current activity and personal life. Minister Pascu assured the Romanian military about the future solving of their problems
Today, august 27, 03 in the morning minister Ioan Mircea Pascu had an official meeting in Kuwait City with sheik Jaber Mubarak al Hamad al Sabah, minister of Defense of Kuwait. During this meeting it was stressed the importance of the cooperation process and the military cooperation between the tow countries. This occasion the minister of National Defense invited sheik Jaber Mubarak al Hamad al Sabah to visit Romania in the future.
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