SARAJEVO, May 8 (Hina) - The manpower of Croats in the Bosnian Federation army will decrease by 50 percent, while the completion of professional troops will end by the end of the week, Bosnian Federation Defence Minister Mijo Anic
said Tuesday. Anic told a news conference in Sarajevo the Third and Fourth brigades have been completed and will be situated in Orasje and Vitez, while a public tender is still open for several hundred soldiers who will be deployed in Herzegovina. "A total of 3,400 professional contracts have been signed so far," Anic said, recalling the Croat component has so far numbered 7,500 professional soldiers and officers. It is to be presumed that a part of the soldiers and officers who have renewed their contracts with the Defence Ministry will retire or find another job within the next two years. "I am confident that subsequently all 2,500 members of the reorganised army will be able t
SARAJEVO, May 8 (Hina) - The manpower of Croats in the Bosnian
Federation army will decrease by 50 percent, while the completion
of professional troops will end by the end of the week, Bosnian
Federation Defence Minister Mijo Anic said Tuesday.
Anic told a news conference in Sarajevo the Third and Fourth
brigades have been completed and will be situated in Orasje and
Vitez, while a public tender is still open for several hundred
soldiers who will be deployed in Herzegovina.
"A total of 3,400 professional contracts have been signed so far,"
Anic said, recalling the Croat component has so far numbered 7,500
professional soldiers and officers.
It is to be presumed that a part of the soldiers and officers who
have renewed their contracts with the Defence Ministry will retire
or find another job within the next two years.
"I am confident that subsequently all 2,500 members of the
reorganised army will be able to count on remaining on duties until
due retirement as there will be no need for further decrease of
manpower," he stressed.
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