Deployment Of Hungary Contingent In North Iraq Completed
- 2 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
The deployment of a 116-strong contingent of the Hungarian army in the Kurdistan region of Iraq was completed last week, daily Magyar Idok, which ran under the name Napi Gazdasag until Aug. 31, said on Tuesday.
Parliament passed a decree in April on Hungary contributing a contingent of up to 150 soldiers to the international mission fighting against Islamic State.
The contingent is set to conclude its mission by December 31, 2017. The budget earmarked for the mission is 20 billion forints (EUR 64m), the paper said.
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