Croatian Contingent Leaves for UN Mission in Lebanon

The 52-strong contingent, including two women, will be serving in the mission as part of the Italian army
contingent.

Addressing the ceremony, defence minister damir krsticevic recalled that Croatian troops had been
serving in UNIFIL since march 2007 but that this was the first time a Croatian engineer corps would be
serving in the mission with partners from Italy. The Italian contingent also includes members of the
Slovenian and Hungarian armies, while Croatian and Austrian troops will be joining them now.

Krsticevic said that around 500 croatian troops are currently serving in UN, NATO and EU missions
around the world.

Also attending the ceremony were, among others, US ambassador Robert kohorrst, the Italian military
attaché, general Giuseppe gimondo, and the Hungarian military attaché, colonel Laszlo Attila szendroi.

Krsticevic recalled that since 1990 the United State, as croatia’s key ally and partner, had provided the
Croatian army with various equipment worth 500 million dollars.

Us ambassador kohorst said that he was impressed by the Croatian contingent and noted that the us
had helped equip it with various equipment worth 3.5 millon dollars for its Lebanon mission.