A group of 12 Moldovan minesweepers returned from Iraq Thursday, ending a six-month deployment in the US-led coalition forces, defence officials said here. The team defused 180 explosive devices over their six month-mission, the defence ministry in this former Soviet republic told AFP, adding that parliament's approval would be required for any further military deployment in Iraq.
Moldova is in full swing of an election campaign ahead of parliamentary polls early next month and therefore the question of sending more troops to Iraq cannot be raised at the present time, the ministry said.
The mission, whose transport and housing was financed by the United States, did not include any conscripts in the impoverished country's armed forces.
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