The French leader did not provide details of any additional deployment, which he said would depend on NATO's support for a broader development strategy for Afghanistan.

CNN: France offers more troops for Afghanistan

And the pace of that drawdown will obviously depend on discussions with our NATO allies and with commanders on the ground about how the mission is being implemented and how the drawdown should be implemented.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The row risks affecting genuinely important areas, such as energy and transport links, or even military security (NATO's defence plans against a theoretical Russian threat in the region depend on deploying a chunk of the Polish army in Lithuania).

ECONOMIST: Poland and Lithuania