Georgian Kosovo contingent

Georgian Kosovo Contingent
Active 1999–2008
Country  Georgia
Allegiance Kosovo Force (KFOR)
Branch Georgian Armed Forces
Type platoon, then company
Size 34, then 150
Garrison/HQ Mamuša, Prizren

The Georgian Kosovo Contingent (Georgian: ქართული სამხედრო კონტინგენტი კოსოვოში) was a Georgian military deployment, from 1999 to 2008, as part of the NATO-led international peacekeeping force—Kosovo Force—which was responsible for establishing secure environment in Kosovo. It set the first precedent for Georgian participation in international peacekeeping operations.

The first Georgian unit, a platoon of 34 troops, arrived in Kosovo in 1999 and was stationed in Mamuša as part of the Turkish peacekeeping battalion. In 2003, a Georgian company of 150 personnel was deployed in Prizren under the German command. The Georgian troops were withdrawn from Kosovo in April 2008.[1] As the Georgian officials stated the decision to withdraw the peacekeepers was made in view of NATO's other international priorities as Georgia was preparing for a larger-scale deployment in Afghanistan.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "სამშვიდობო მისია — კოსოვო" [Peacekeeping Missions. Kosovo] (in Georgian). Ministry of Defense of Georgia. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Georgia Withdraws Troops from Kosovo". Civil Georgia. April 15, 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
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