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Netherlands' Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Netherlands' Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende meet in The Hague
30 Mar 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Netherlands' Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen (L), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) and Netherlands' Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende make a statement before a meeting in The Hague March 30, 2009. The United States is expected to seek international support for its renewed commitment to defeat Islamist militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan at a U.N. conference in the Netherlands on Tuesday.Washington is hoping to enlist support from Iran, Russia, China and India amongst others for a new strategy to end a stalemate in Afghanistan and undercut an Islamist insurgency spilling increasingly into neighboring Pakistan. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS CONFLICT POLITICS)
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