Slovenia to Take Part in Chad Mission With 16 Soldiers
Defence Minister Karl Erjavec told the parliamentary defence committee on Wednesday that the Slovenian Army would send 15 soldiers and one commissioned officer to the EU-led mission in Chad.
"The EU wanted more soldiers and equipment to be sent, but Slovenia does not have sufficient capacities at its disposal at the moment," commented Erjavec.
Slovenia's six-month EU presidency programme is a continuation of the 18 month defence programme, started by the first of the presiding troika, Germany, and is based on EU's strategic programme, Erjavec also explained.
In line with the defence programme, Slovenia's EU presidency plans to continue the operations led by the EU in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lebanon, Congo, Sudan and Somalia.
New EU missions are meanwhile to be dispatched to Chad and the Central African Republic to deal with the humanitarian crisis in the region, the defence minister said.
The decision to send servicemen to Chad was made by the government in December last year, the cabinet changing its resolution from the end on November, when it decided to send a single soldier to the country.
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