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Czech Republic sent 150 soldiers to Bosnia due to deteriorating security situation in the country

by AI | 12.Mar 2025 | Europe in brief AI

Czech, Italian, and Romanian soldiers are joining the EUFOR contingent of about a thousand members, which oversees the adherence to the Dayton Peace Agreement of 1995 in this Balkan country.

Snapshot from the exercise "EUFOR Quick Response 2023" at the "Butmir" base near Sarajevo. (Photo: FENA/Amer Kajmović)

Prague – Czechia, in response to the worsening security situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has sent 150 soldiers to the country. They are expected to operate there for a month, announced the army on its website today. Together with Romanian and Italian colleagues, they are to strengthen the security of the country. The EU military mission in Bosnia (EUFOR) reported on its pages on Tuesday that military reinforcements from the European Union, including the Czech Republic, would arrive in Bosnia.

Czech, Italian, and Romanian soldiers are joining the roughly thousand-strong EUFOR crew that oversees compliance with the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement in this Balkan country, which ended almost four years of war. Tensions within the Balkan confederation have risen after the February conviction of Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik.

According to the army, the unit was activated at the request of the EUFOR Althea mission’s operational commander due to the worsening security situation in the deployment area. The Czech Republic has participated in the mission since 2010. “As has happened in history, when the mission command calls for reserve companies, those companies go,” said Defense Minister Jana Černochová (ODS) to journalists today before a government meeting. According to her, this is more of a preventive measure, and the soldiers’ task will be monitoring. According to the minister, it is good that the Czech army has rich experience in the region, as it has participated in many past peace missions here.

“So far, the deployment of the Czech unit is planned for one month. The soldiers will be stationed at Camp Butmir in Sarajevo,” the army announced. According to the army, the aim of EUFOR Althea’s operation is to support the maintenance of a safe and stable environment in the country and to provide assistance to the armed forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in building capabilities and training units. The Czech army has been involved again since 2010, having previously ended its participation in 2008. (March 12)