Fact Sheet: Lithuania's Military Deployments Abroad
(Contributions to Balkan peacekeeping and war on terrorism) (270) In a fact sheet released November 23, 2002, the White House summarized Lithuania's contributions to peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions in the global war on terrorism, and in a variety of peacekeeping missions in Southeast Europe. Following is the text of the White House fact sheet: (begin fact sheet) Office of the Press Secretary The White House November 23, 2002 Fact Sheet Lithuania -- Military Deployments Abroad Lithuania has contributed regularly to peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions. In the Global War on Terrorism, 37 Lithuanian Special Forces troops have been made available for deployment to Afghanistan to participate in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Lithuania is also making available four physicians to work with the Czech field hospital in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force (USAF). In Southeast Europe, Lithuania shares an arrangement with Latvia and Estonia to send a contingent of forces for six-month rotations, with the other two Baltic States doing subsequent six-month rotations. About 100 personnel are assigned to the Danish contingent of NATO's Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia. A 95-person company rotated to NATO's Stabilization Force (SFOR) from February 2002 to August 2002. In Kosovo, Lithuania has maintained a 30-person platoon with the Polish battalion. Lithuania also assigned nine policemen to the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo. In addition, since April 2001, an AN-26 and crew of seven have provided air support to NATO in the Balkans flying out of Naples. (end fact sheet) (Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
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