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EU shuts down police mission in Bosnia

20 June 2012, 18:04 CET
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(BRUSSELS) - The European Union will end its police mission in Bosnia on June 30 after fulfilling its role to help stabilise the country following the Balkan war, a senior EU official said Wednesday.

The EU Police Mission in Bosnia-Hercegovina (EUPM), the first such mission deployed by the 27-nation bloc, arrived in the country in 2003 to replace a UN operation.

"We are leaving Bosnia with the conviction that they have done a good job," Maciej Popowski, deputy secretary general of the EU's diplomatic service, said at a news conference.

The mission, tasked with policing the country and training local forces, peaked at 880 police officers in late 2004 but was gradually reduced and currently counts 80 officers.

While the police operation is over, the EU still runs a military mission dubbed EUFOR ALTHEA.


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