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Friday, November 03, 2006

UK and German Bosnia pull-out plans 'risky'

Germany and Britain have indicated they may withdraw troops from EU hopeful state Bosnia and Herzegovina due to other engagements – but the early pull-out plans are seen as risky, with the Balkans region remaining potentially unstable.

German defence minister Franz Josef Jung and UK counterpart Des Browne indicated this week their countries' armies are at full stretch in peacekeeping and anti-terror missions around the globe, questioning the necessity of staying on in EU hopeful state Bosnia.

Berlin and London contribute around 900 men to the 7,000 strong EU military mission in the Balkan country, which aims to underpin security after the bloody 1992-1995 war.

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