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A Ukrainian military delegation led by Defense Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Salamatin has started a visit to Afghanistan.

According to a ministry’s press service, during the visit, Salamatin
is expected to meet in Kabul with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai,
and Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
General John Allen.

In Chaghcharan, the minister will participate in an award ceremony
for the Ukrainian peacekeepers from the Lithuanian-led Ghor Provincial
Reconstruction Team and partners in the coalition. Moreover, Salamatin
will check how Ukrainian peacekeepers are fulfilling their tasks in
Afghanistan on the front line of the operation base of the
Lithuanian-led Ghor Provincial Reconstruction Team of the Regional
Command West.

On September 12, after visiting Afghanistan, the Ukrainian military
delegation headed by Salamatin will pay an official visit to Vietnam.