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Berlin says it will work for EUFOR Bosnia extension amid Russia concerns

FILE PHOTO: EUFOR (European Union Force) army members participate in military exercise at Kalinovik training ground in Kalinovik, Bosnia and Herzegovina March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

Germany will work for an extension of the EU's peacekeeping mission in Bosnia as concerns mount about instability spilling over from the Ukraine war, but has not yet decided whether to provide troops, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said.

"(The EU mission) EUFOR is an important signal for the stabilization of the country," she told reporters after meeting her Bosnian counterpart Sifet Podzic in Sarajevo on Wednesday. "German will do its part for this work to continue".

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