Government pays army contingents in peacekeeping missions

TIRANA, Aug 3 – The government passed a special part of its budget to pay the hundreds of army soldiers serving in peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan and Chad.
Albania has hundreds of army troops in the two countries serving in six-month missions.
Last week the country decided to add 120 troops in Afghanistan who will serve just ahead of the country’s elections this month.
Army peacekeeping contingents have been Albania’s keys in its entrance to NATO as a full member, which it became last April.
The government will spend 2.5 million Euros to pay 63 soldiers in Chad and 120 in Afghanistan. Albania sent its first mission to Afghanistan seven years ago and to Chad last year.
The government decided to add 60 Euros per day for each soldier serving outside the country.
The usual payment for the soldiers serving in Chad is 330 Euros while for those in Afghanistan 530 Euros. They will now get 60 Euros per day more for each soldier serving outside the country.
Albania has also had peacekeeping missions in Bosnia, Iraq and Georgia.