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Romania prepares pullout of troops from Iraq, Melescanu says

January 19, 2008

rom-001.jpgCaretaker Defence Minister Teodor Melescanu said, on Friday, in Iasi, eastern Romania, that Romania was preparing the pullout of its troops from Iraq, after the NATO summit due in Bucharest, it will next offer only consultancy, Melescanu added.

Attending the ceremonies occasioned by the departure of 400 troops of battalion 151 Razboieni – Black Wolves, to a new mission to Iraq, Melescanu said Romania will discuss with its partners in NATO the schedule for a gradual pullout of its troops from Iraq.

Melescanu said that will happen at the end of this year or the beginning of next year, when the first elements will set of the schedule for the pullout.

Melescanu said that after the pullout, Romania will continue to give consultancy to the Iraqi troops. The battalion which left on Friday will be among the last sent to a peace-keeping mission to Iraq, Melescanu said he will do ‘his best for the mission to be adequate.’

Feb. though Aug., 400 troops of the Black Wolves battalion will guard several civil objectives in Iraq, as part of Iraq’s reconstruction programme. ROMPRES

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