Netherlands to send 160 peacekeepers to Bosnia-Herzegovina
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- 07 Apr 2023
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The Netherlands will deploy 160 troops to Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of the European Union Peacekeeping Mission (EUFOR Althea) in the country, according to a statement released Thursday.
A joint statement from the Dutch Defense and Foreign Ministry said that 150 soldiers will be sent to EUFOR Althea in October, and 10 soldiers will go to gather intelligence in the region in June.
The soldiers are expected to serve for a year, while the intelligence officers will stay for two years.
The decision came from the Council of Ministers under the pretext that Russia and China are attempting to increase their influence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The statement added that the importance of EUFOR Althea has increased manifold since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
Operation Althea, formally EUFOR, is a military deployment in Bosnia-Herzegovina that was established in 2004 to oversee the military implementation of the Dayton peace agreement and ensure security in the country.
Last year, the Netherlands expressed its "deepest apologies" to the people of Srebrenica, the 27th anniversary of the worst genocide since World War II, accepting responsibility for the Dutch peacekeeping forces' failure to intervene for the first time since the massacre. Read More…
