27-10-2008, 03:36 AM
650 troops from Austria, Germany in north 26 October 2008 | 18:06 | Source: Tanjug KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- More than 600 KFOR soldiers of the Operational Reserve Force Battalion (ORF) from Germany and Austria were deployed in northern Kosovo on Sunday.
Tanjug was told in the press center of the Multinational Tactical Forces North that a total of 650 soldiers were deployed.
These troops are planed to stay in northern Kosovo until November 17 and they will be located in camps in the village of Novo Selo near Vučitrn, in the village of Smrekovnica near Kosovska Mitrovica, while one part will be stationed in Devič, the statement specified.
The German-Austrian battalion will conduct operations in the northern part of the province in the following weeks, as part of routine operation exercise, aimed at training the NATO troops and their familiarizing with the situation in Kosovo, Tanjug reported.
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Tanjug was told in the press center of the Multinational Tactical Forces North that a total of 650 soldiers were deployed.
These troops are planed to stay in northern Kosovo until November 17 and they will be located in camps in the village of Novo Selo near Vučitrn, in the village of Smrekovnica near Kosovska Mitrovica, while one part will be stationed in Devič, the statement specified.
The German-Austrian battalion will conduct operations in the northern part of the province in the following weeks, as part of routine operation exercise, aimed at training the NATO troops and their familiarizing with the situation in Kosovo, Tanjug reported.
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-art...v_id=54510