Slovenia joins initiative pushing for EU rapid reaction force

Ljubljana, 21 October - Slovenia and four other EU countries have drawn up a proposal to transform the EU's existing battle groups into a rapid reaction force in an initiative prompted by the experience of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan where the EU had to rely on the US, the Germany press agency dpa has reported.

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Slovenia part of an initiative calling for creation of an EU rapid reaction force.
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