Most EU states support withdrawal from Bosnia, says French defence minister

French defence minister Hervé Morin has said that most EU states support a gradual withdrawal of the European mission in Bosnia, after a meeting with the bloc’s defence ministers on Wednesday, reports the IHT.

The paper quotes him: “One or two countries back the maintenance of the forces,” he said after the meeting in Deauville, France, but “generally the idea taking shape is for the gradual end of the Althea mission and the transformation of this mission”.

The IHT says the EU has had 2200 troops – known as Eufor Althea – in Bosnia since 2004.

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