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C O N F I D E N T I A L ATHENS 000635 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR/SE AND EUR/RPM 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/07/2016 
TAGS: MARR PREL GR BU IRAQ
SUBJECT: GREECE: AGREEMENT ON TRAINING IRAQIS IN BULGARIA 
 
REF: ATHENS 523 
 
Classified By: Political Counselor Karen Decker for Reasons 1.4(b/d) 
 
¶1.  (C)  The Bulgarian government has agreed to allow the 
Greek military to train Iraqi security personnel in Bulgaria, 
Greek MFA NATO Division Director Zographos told PolCouns 
March 7.  Although there were a few remaining details to be 
worked out -- most notably Bulgarian parliamentary approval 
of an agreement on the status of the Greek troops that would 
travel to Bulgaria to conduct the training -- Zographos was 
confident that 30 members of the Iraqi security forces would 
be ready to travel by the end of April or early May.  He 
described this as the first tranche in what would be an 
ongoing Greek contribution to NATO efforts to train the Iraqi 
military. 
 
¶2.  (C)  Zographos noted that he had just returned from 
Budapest, where he met with Hungarian officials responsible 
for NATO issues.  If there were problems with Bulgaria as a 
training site, he said, these officials were enthusiastic 
about the idea of (Greek-funded) training for Iraqis in their 
country. 
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