The majority of EU defence ministers on Wednesday (1 October) backed a withdrawal of the EU's peacekeeping force in Bosnia, but without committing to a specific date to do so.
The ministers agreed to replace the current 'Althea' military mission with a rapid reaction force – either civilian or military – based outside Bosnia, French defence minister Herve Morin announced after an informal meeting of the ministers in Deauville, in northern France.
The EU's Althea force replaced the...
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