Albanian Participation in Peacekeeping Operations/missions
- Southeast European Brigade SEEBRIG – created in 1998 and consisting of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Romania, Turkey and the United States. NATO has already declared the force fully operational.
- EU Mission "ALTHEA" in Bosnia and Herzegovina under German Command. (Completed. Albania maintains its actual presence with an EOD team of 12.
- NATO/PfP led Mission ISAF in Afghanistan under Italian and Turkish Command.
- Coalition Forces led – Iraqi Freedom under American command (Completed. Albania withdrew all its troops from Iraq on 20 December 2008).
- EU Mission MINURCAT in Chad under EU Command.
- NATO Operation in the Mediterranean "Active Endeavour".
- NATO-led KFOR mission in Kosovo.
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