According to the head of state, 1,940 Romanian soldiers will serve in theaters of operation in Afghanistan, 64 troops will be present in Kosovo and 71 will be deployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Defense Ministry will also participate with a T22 frigate in a EU mission to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden, said the president.
The Interior Ministry will increase forces abroad by 37 police officers and gendarmes, to 382.
Romania will withdraw starting December 24, 2011 the 107 gendarmes participating in the Eulex mission (the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, e.n.) in the Mitrovica zone, said Basescu.
According to Basescu, 134 border police officers will participate in missions aimed to protect the external borders of the European Union.