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UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000182 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN IZ LO
SUBJECT: FOLLOW-UP ON MADRID CONFERENCE: SLOVAK RESPONSE 
 
REF: STATE 31782 
 
POLOFF DELIVERED TALKING POINTS PER REFTEL TO EVA MEGOVA, 
MFA DESK OFFICER FOR IRAQ.  SHE RESPONDED WITH THE FOLLOWING 
LIST OF SLOVAK ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ THUS FAR: 

-- TRAINING OF IRAQI POLICEMEN (IN JORDAN) 
-- TRAINING OF IRAQI SOLDIERS IN DEMINING (IN SLOVAKIA) 
-- TRAINING OF IRAQI MEDICAL STAFF (IN SLOVAKIA) 
-- SCHOLARSHIPS FOR IRAQI STUDENTS AT SLOVAK UNIVERSITIES 
-- THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC HAS 82 SOLDIERS WITHIN INTERNATIONAL 
FORCES AT CAMP CHARLIE IN HILLA, DEMINING THE TERRITORY NEAR 
KARBALA. IN JANUARY 2004, AN ADDITIONAL 20 SOLDIERS AND FIVE 
COMMANDERS WERE APPROVED BY PARLIAMENT AND JOINED THE SLOVAK 
ARMED FORCES IN IRAQ. 
-- IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN AID TOTALING USD 280,000 PLUS AN 
ADDITIONAL USD 12.6 MILLION FOR 2003, AND USD 12.5 MILLION 
FOR 2004. 
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED 
 
THAYER 
 
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