The 600 troops participated in a departure ceremony Friday, which was also attended by Defense Minister Gabriel Oprea.
Romania’s President Traian Basescu said in December the country’s highest defense body (CSAT) decided the number of Defense Ministry troops deployed abroad would be reduced by 177 in 2012 to 2,348 soldiers.
He said at that time 1,940 Romanian soldiers would serve in theaters of operation in Afghanistan in 2012, 64 troops would be present in Kosovo and 71 would be deployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.