Those troops will be available to the Union at the start of next year.
"We shall soon fill the questionnaire about our contribution to the enhancement of the EU's military capabilities, and the document will be sent to Brussels by the end of this month. After the Defence Ministry completes an analysis, Croatia will announce its contribution to the EU's military capabilities by making about 300 troops available to the Union. The troops include mechanised infantry, special units, military police, members of the engineer corps, mine removal specialists, and units for nuclear, biological and chemical protection and medical assistance," Roncevic said after the meeting with the EU Troika.
The EU defence ministers meet twice a year on the margins of meetings of EU foreign ministers.
At a meeting in Brussels today, they discussed the development of European military capabilities, a future EU mission in Congo, and the European Defence Agency (EDA).
They also held a joint meeting with foreign ministers to discuss cooperation between the civilian and military sectors and the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) coordination in crisis management and natural disasters.
After that, the EU Troika met the defence ministers of Croatia, Turkey, Macedonia, Iceland and Norway.
Roncevic explained that the forces to be made available to the EU were stated by Croatia as available to NATO.
"We have clearly stated that we cannot set up separate forces for NATO and EU, as we believe that NATO and the EU safeguard the same values".