{"id":43411,"date":"2009-11-16T17:47:41","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T22:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.number10.gov.uk\/?p=21338"},"modified":"2009-11-16T17:47:41","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T22:47:41","slug":"pm-highlights-importance-of-british-role-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/43411","title":{"rendered":"PM highlights importance of British role in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rightfloat\"><object id=\"myId\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f8\/1570028817\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"flashObj\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=50602908001&amp;playerId=1570028817&amp;viewerSecureGatewayURL=https:\/\/console.brightcove.com\/services\/amfgateway&amp;servicesURL=http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services&amp;cdnURL=http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com&amp;domain=embed&amp;autoStart=false&amp;\" \/><!--[if !IE]>--><br \/>\n<object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f8\/1570028817\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"flashObj\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=50602908001&amp;playerId=1570028817&amp;viewerSecureGatewayURL=https:\/\/console.brightcove.com\/services\/amfgateway&amp;servicesURL=http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services&amp;cdnURL=http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com&amp;domain=embed&amp;autoStart=false&amp;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f8\/1570028817\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><!--<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"flash-warning\">Sorry, you do not appear to have the flash player installed<br \/> &#8211; please use the link below to get it now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" title=\"Get Adobe Flash player\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/images\/shared\/download_buttons\/get_flash_player.gif\" alt=\"Get Adobe Flash player\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--[if !IE]>--><\/object><!--<![endif]--><\/object><\/div>\n<p>The Prime Minister has said that international terrorism remains the biggest source of threat to the UK&#8217;s national security but that more has been done to disable Al Qaeda over the past year than in any year since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The comments were made as the Prime Minister gave his annual foreign policy speech at the Lord Mayor&#8217;s Banquet on Monday night, where he discussed the campaign in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as Britain&#8217;s role in the world, climate change and the challenge of nuclear proliferation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.number10.gov.uk\/Page21339\">Read a transcript of the speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.number10.gov.uk\/Page20961\">UK\u2019s involvement in Afghanistan<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.number10.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk-in-afghanistan1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Afghanistan, Gordon Brown said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We are in Afghanistan because we judge that if the Taleban regained power, Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups would once more have an environment in which they could freely operate.  We are there because action in Afghanistan is not an alternative to action in Pakistan, but an inseparable support to it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The PM has offered London as the venue for an international conference on Afghanistan early next year. The international community is expected to meet to discuss plans for future support for Afghanistan, following the inauguration of President Karzai this week.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, the PM said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I want that conference to chart a comprehensive political framework within which the military strategy can be accomplished&#8230; It should identify a process for transferring district by district to full Afghan control and if at all possible, we should set a timetable for transfering districts to Afghan control starting in 2010.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Britain&#8217;s overall foreign policy direction, the PM said he believes Britain can play a key part in changing the world.  He said British foreign policy must be both &#8220;patriotic and internationalist&#8221;, and has the potential to help build a new &#8220;global order&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;To do so we must have confidence in our distinctive strengths: our values, our alliances; because with conviction in our values and confidence in our alliances, Britain can lead the way in the construction of a new global order.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Foreign Secretary David Miliband delivered a speech on Afghanistan at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly the following morning. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fco.gov.uk\/en\/news\/latest-news\/?view=Speech&amp;id=21186111\">Read his speech<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previous story: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.number10.gov.uk\/Page21228\">Britain will not walk away from Afghanistan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, you do not appear to have the flash player installed &#8211; please use the link below to get it now. 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