Korea Wants to Extend Iraq Troop Deployment

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3//eTaiwanNews.com, Taiwan 2004-10-18

http://www.etaiwannews.com/Asia/2004/10/18/1098064231.htm



KOREA WANTS TO EXTEND IRAQ TROOP DEPLOYMENT

Agence France-Presse

The Seoul government is to seek approval from the country's parliament to extend the deployment of South Korean troops in Iraq by a year, news reports said yesterday.

The defense ministry decided last week to extend the mission which was originally due to expire at the end of the year, Yonhap news agency said.

The cabinet will soon ask parliament to allow up to 3,600 South Korean troops to stay in Arbil, a Kurdish-controlled town in northern Iraq, until the end of 2005, Yonhap said.

When asked about the report, Shin Geoung-Ja, a defense ministry public relations official, said: "We can neither confirm nor deny it."

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