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Fact Sheet: Romania's Military Deployments Abroad

(Peacekeeping troops are in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Africa) (360)
In a fact sheet released November 23, 2002, the White House took note
of Romania's participation in multinational operations long before
September 11, 2001. Today, Romanian troops are participating with the
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, with
peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Kosovo, and as part of the OSCE
observer mission in Macedonia.
Romania has also contributed troops to U.N. peacekeeping missions in
Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the Congo.
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 
Romania -- Military Deployments Abroad
Romania's Parliament declared in 2001 that Romanian participation in
peacekeeping, humanitarian, and counterterrorism operations was a
major goal of Romanian security and defense policy. Romania's active
participation in multilateral operations began long before 2001.
Following the end of the Cold War, its first overseas deployment was
in 1991 when a field hospital gave support to Operation Desert Storm.
Currently, Romania's troops participate in Operation Enduring Freedom
(OEF) and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in
Afghanistan. Following the September 11 attacks, Romania declared
itself a "de facto NATO ally" and offered its support for the Global
War on Terrorism. In support of OEF, Romania used its own C-130
aircraft to transport an infantry battalion of 400 troops and a
nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare company (70 troops) to
Kandahar. These units are scheduled to remain in Afghanistan until
mid-2003. Romania also contributed a military police platoon to the
ISAF mission in Kabul.
Romania also participates in NATO peacekeeping operations in Bosnia
and Kosovo, as well as the Organization for Security and Corporation
in Europe (OSCE) observer mission in Macedonia. It has deployed
peacekeeping troops and observers to the UN peacekeeping operation in
Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and the UN Observation Mission in the
Congo (MOUNC). All told, Romania currently has approximately 800
personnel deployed worldwide in peacekeeping and humanitarian
operations.
(end fact sheet)
(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)