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Out of the total force, 2,525 troops are already deployed abroad; their number may be increased by a further 902.
The Council has also approved increasing Romania’s participation to the European Union’s mission in Kosovo by five gendarmes.
Tuesday’s meeting also passed a series of normative acts, including a draft Government Decision approving the national strategy on the integrated management of Romania’s state borders in the 2010-2012 period, as well as the Council’s agenda for 2011.