TIRANA, Aug. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- A joint medical team of Macedonia, Albania and Croatia left here Sunday for peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan, the Macedonian Information Agency reported.

    Each of the three signatory-countries of the Adriatic Charter sends one doctor, two medical technicians and one nurse to form the 12-member medical team. They will join the mobile surgery hospital of the Greek Army stationed at the Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, the report said.

    Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski said at Sunday's departure ceremony that the team had an additional significance due to its multinational structure,

    "Two years after signing the (Ardiatic) Charter, we have managed to create a joint team, which proves the effectiveness of regional cooperation as a necessary precondition for wider integration," he said.

    The team will stay in Salonica, Greece, till Tuesday and then travel to Kabul. Enditem