A new contingent of the National Army was deployed to the European Union mission EUFOR ALTHEA in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For six months, 18 servicemen will carry out security and objective guarding and patrolling missions in the area of responsibility, IPN reports.

Defense Minister Anatolie Nosatyi noted that the participation of the second contingent of military personnel is proof of Moldova's commitment to contribute to international peace and stability.

"Any participation in international missions means new experience, the opportunity to interact with soldiers from other contingents and a confirmation that we have something to support the common efforts to maintain world peace," said Anatolie Nosatii.

In his turn, the Romanian Ambassador in Chisinau, Cristian-Leon Turcanu, emphasized that, in the framework of the EUFOR ALTHEA operation, the collaboration in the field of security and defense is a crowning achievement of the multidimensional cooperation between Romania and the Republic of Moldova".

The first contingent of the National Army left for Bosnia and Herzegovina in September 2024.

Operation EUFOR ALTHEA was established on the basis of a UN Security Council resolution and the EU Council decision of November 25, 2004.