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General David Petraeus, COM US Central
Command (left); General Egon Ramms, COM JFC Brunssum
and General Stanley A. McChrystal, COM ISAF.
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By LtC Jan van Helvert, DCPAO
During the final week of October, General Egon Ramms, Commander
Joint Force Command Brunssum, conducted one of his regulalry
scheduled visits to Afghanistan accompanied by a Dutch journalist
from daily newspaper the 'Volkskrant'.
The first leg of General Ramms' visit included a stop in
Kabul to meet with the representatives from the Government
of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA), International
Organizations as the United Nations Assistance Mission in
Afghanistan (UNAMA) and several members of the International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
General Ramms spoke with the Afghan Chief of Defence, GIRoA
officials and visited the Governmental Media Information
Centre.
To underline the important relation between UNAMA and ISAF,
General Ramms met with Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative
of the United Nations Secretary General and General Ramms
had the opportunity to visit two embassies.
While visiting the ISAF Headquarters, General Ramms spoke
with Commander United States Central Command General David
Petraeus, and ISAF Commander General Stanley A. McChrystal.
General Ramms also received updates on the latest developments
regarding the NATO Training Mission Afghanistan (NTM-A)
and visited the recently established ISAF Joint Force Command
at the Kabul International Airport.
The second part of General Ramms' visit included stops
at units in Bagram and Pansjhir Province providing the General
with a good view on the tactical results in these provinces.
In Pansjhir, the General visited two projects; a new hospital
for a remote village and a micro hydro-electric generator
that provides power for a local village. He also visited
a local market.
The General's visit ended with a background interview with
the Associated Press, El Mundo, Stern Magazine and the Volkskrant.
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