As the bells rang for Christmas Eve Mass, 790 Austrians had security guards on a number of hotbeds around the world…
Creating and maintaining peace – our Austrian armed forces have been making an important contribution to international crisis and conflict management for decades” – Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner (ÖVP) raised the value of the red-white-red peacekeeping missions after a video conference with foreign soldiers on Christmas Eve the point Together with Chief of Staff Rudolf Stridinger, Tanner inquired about the current security situation in operational areas.
“Finally, the situation in the Western Balkans and in Kosovo in general has shown that the situation is not stable,” Stridinger said. Repeated unrest would highlight the fundamental importance of the presence of international organizations and Austria’s contribution.
During the video conference, the minister urged to thank all military personnel (25 women in deployment regions) for their efforts and to wish them a merry Christmas.
790 soldiers, 14 missions
There are currently 790 military personnel in 14 missions abroad. The largest contingents are in Kosovo (KFOR, 314 people), in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR, 293 soldiers) and in Lebanon (UNIFIL, 205 people). Tanner concludes: “The security situation has deteriorated enormously as a result of the war of aggression on European soil.”
Source: Krone
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