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Bulgaria endorses Serbia’s accession to EU battlegroup HELBROC

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The Bulgarian caretaker cabinet has approved Serbia’s accession to the technical agreement among the defence ministries of Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus and Romania for the formation of a multinational EU battlegroup - HELBROC.

The group was set up in 2006 by four countries, the leading role in which belongs to Greece. In 2011 it was joined by Ukraine; in 2016 Serbia declared it would take part with a military police platoon, a civilian and military cooperation team and staff officers



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