MPs Endorse Early Pull-Out from Iraq

Ljubljana, 15 December - The parliamentary committees on foreign policy and defence unanimously endorsed Monday a government motion under which Slovenia will pull out both its instructors from Iraq by the year's end.

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Defence Minister Ljubica Jelusic (left) and Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar at a joint session of the parliamentary committees for foreign policy and defence.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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The heads of the parliamentary committees for foreign policy and defence, Ivo Vajgl (centre) and Jozef Jerovsek (left), at a joint session of the committees.
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The heads of the parliamentary committees for foreign policy and defence, Ivo Vajgl (left) and Jozef Jerovsek, at a joint session of the committees.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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Defence Minister Ljubica Jelusic (left) and Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar at a joint session of the parliamentary committees for foreign policy and defence.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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The head of the parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee, Ivo Vajgl (left), and Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar at a joint session of the parliamentary committees for foreign policy and defence.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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Defence Minister Ljubica Jelusic (centre) and Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar (right) at a joint session of the parliamentary committees for foreign policy and defence.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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The Slovenian Chief-of-Staff, Lt-Gen Albin Gutman (left), Defence Minister Ljubica Jelusic (centre), and the head of the Slovenian Civil Protection and Disaster Relief Administration, Miran Bogataj, at a joint session of the parliamentary committees for foreign policy and defence.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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Defence Minister Ljubica Jelusic arriving at a joint session of the parliamentary committees for foreign policy and defence.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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The Slovenian Chief-of-Staff, Lt-Gen Albin Gutman, arriving at a joint session of the parliamentary committees for foreign policy and defence.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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