Written question asked by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 December 2004. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 December 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list NATO countries which have (a) agreed to train security forces in Iraq and (b) committed troops and personnel to conduct training; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list NATO countries which have (a) agreed to train security forces in Iraq and (b) committed troops and personnel to conduct training; and if he will make a statement. [204384] Mr. Hoon: At the ministerial meeting in Brussels on 9 December, Foreign Ministers of the 26 NATO countries agreed to move ahead with expanding NATO's role in Iraq. 23 NATO countries have agreed to provide support to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq by providing personnel and equipment to train the Iraqi Security Forces in and outside Iraq. Of these23, fifteen countries have agreed to deploy forces within Iraq. These are Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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