Romania participates with 50 troops to Anti-ISIS Coalition

Romania will contribute with up to 50 soldiers to the Anti-ISIS Global Coalition, the Defense Ministry announced on Friday, July 22. Romania’s defense minister Mihnea Motoc attended the Coalition’s reunion in Washington on July 20-21. “Romania will participate in 2016 to the Global Coalition’s efforts with up to 50 troops, who will conduct training and counseling activities for the Iraqi security forces,” reads a press release by the Defense Ministry. The Anti-ISIL/DAESH Global Coalition is coordinated by the US. The officials who attended the latest reunion of the Coalition’s member countries condemned the recent terrorist attacks the ISIL/DAESH has carried out in the Middle East, Europe and US. They also agreed on accelerating the measures to fight ISIL/DAESH and to stabilize the areas that are freed from under the terrorist organization’s occupation. More than 1,000 Romanian soldiers participated in trainings and missions abroad last year Two Romanian soldiers killed in Afghanistan editor@romania-insider.com