Cablegate: Belgium Extends Its Unifil Mission Until the End

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P 161349Z JUN 08
FM AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7577
INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY

UNCLAS BRUSSELS 000910

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR LE BE
SUBJECT: BELGIUM EXTENDS ITS UNIFIL MISSION UNTIL THE END
OF 2008

Belgium has decided to continue its UNIFIL mission until the
end of the year. As a partial cost saving for the
financially-strapped Belgian Ministry of Defense, the number
of tropps deployed will be reduced from 370 to 335. In
addition, from September until the end of the year, a Belgian
frigate will participate in UNIFIL's sea operations.
Belgium's mission expired June 15.

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