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In a ceremony organized in Baghdad, Saturday, June 25, two Romanian officers participating in Iraqi Freedom operation received medals from the US Brigade General Steven J. Hashem, chief of the Civil-Military Operation Center of the Multinational Force Command.
Lieutenant Colonel Virgiliu Ene and Major Liviu Stoica are the only Romanians in the Operational Center of Reconstruction of Iraq in Baghdad. For almost 6 months they are staff officers there.
The Romanian Armed Forces participate in mission in Iraq with about 800 soldiers and about 30 of them are working in the multinational commands.
MoND Press Office