The Bulgarian Post
2006-08-28 10:26:39
Bulgaria would send 200 more soldiers to Afghanistan in 2007, army representatives said. The Bulgarian troops in Afghanistan this year number 120 soldiers.
Bulgaria's army headquarters specified the plan for the country's military missions abroad in 2007, Darik Radio reported.
Bulgaria would also increase the number of its soldiers in KFOR in Kosovo.
In the next 10 days Bulgaria would decide how and in what conditions it would take part in the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, Focus news agency reported.
Bulgaria discussed four options among which the sending of infantry division, marine forces, medical teams or humanitarian aid.
Bulgarian troops in Lebanon would number nearly 100 soldiers, Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin said.
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