ARMENPRESS

ARMENIA TO DISPATCH NEW SHIFT OF PEACEKEEPERS TO
KOSOVO ON DECEMBER 1

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS: Thirty-four
Armenian peacekeepers will fly to Kosovo December 1 to
replace their friends for another six-month long
shift. This will be the 8-th dispatch of Armenian
peacekeepers to Kosovo who are under the Greek
peacekeeping battalion command.
Armenians are deployed near Kosovo’s capital
Pristina.
A spokesman for Armenian defense ministry, Seyran
Shahsuvarian, told Armenpress that Armenia is ready to
double the number of its peacekeepers in Kosovo. He
said 34 more servicemen have been trained to carry out
peacekeeping mission.
Overall 238 Armenian peacekeepers have served in
Kosovo so far.
Armenia also has a 46-member non-combat platoon of
military medics, sappers and truck drivers in Iraq.