Ukraine to Maintain Current Iraq Force
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Ukraine's defense minister said Friday his country will maintain its sizable military force in Iraq for the foreseeable future, contrary to his earlier suggestion that the force might be reduced or withdrawn.
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryschenko said that Kyiv's foreign policy will not change after the presidential elections.
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Ukraine's Supreme Court on Friday retired to rule on opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko's appeal to cancel results of the disputed presidential election, and the parliament voted to pull the country's 1,600 troops out of Iraq.
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All the Ukrainian contingent will be withdrawn from Iraq before the end of 2005, Ukrainian Defence Minister Alexander Kuzmuk stated in the course of his working visit to the Nikolayev garrison.
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Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said the Hungarian contingent will stay until elections are held in Iraq. He said it was not possible, however, for the troops to remain in the war-torn country past the March pull-out date.
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Ukrainian authorities vowed on Friday to uphold public order during a crucial presidential election rerun this weekend, but tensions mounted as the vote drew near, prompting an assurance from Russia that it would not use underhanded tactics to affect the
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Ukrainian troops supporting President Yushchenko are defying orders and heading for Kiev, officials say.
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The Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent deployed to Iraq will be cut by 200 servicemen, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma told journalists.
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Poland will keep its soldiers in Iraq at least through the end of the year, when the U.N. mandate for foreign troops expires, the country's defense minister said Friday.
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Poland will provide the Iraqi army with weapons and equipment worth 236 million dollars, including helicopters and small arms, and train Iraqis to use them, officials said Wednesday.
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30 October -- Ukraine&#39;s Interior Minister warned police will use force if needed to uphold security in tomorrow&#39;s presidential elections.
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Poland and Iraq signed a military cooperation agreement Wednesday under which Poland will provide military equipment to Iraq and train Iraqi armed forces.
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Ukraine's parliament voted to demand the withdrawal of the 1,600 Ukrainian troops from Iraq, the Interfax news agency reported.
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Ukraine's parliament on Friday called on outgoing President Leonid Kuchma to withdraw the nation's 1,600 peacekeepers from Iraq, where they make up the fourth-largest contingent in the U.S.-led coalition.
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KIEV  - Ukraine&#39;s parliament voted to demand the withdrawal of the 1,600 Ukrainian troops from Iraq , in a move the opposition distanced itself from and denounced as a provocation by government forces.
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Albania and Poland reconfirmed on Tuesday that their troops will stay in Iraq to help maintain stability in the country.
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PRAGUE, Dec 19 (IPS) - With the appointment of Yuliya Timoshenko as Prime  Minister of Ukraine, the pro-Western 'Orange' forces  have been granted a second opportunity to prove that their  political programme is stronger than narrow power ambitions.