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On November 23, Bulgaria's Defense Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, said the country will send at least one officer to join the EUPOL Afghanistan Mission. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria is sending 5 officers to assist the EU police mission in Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry informs Tuesday.
The Bulgarian military police will be payed by the Ministry and will receive their wages in BGN, according to the Council of Minister's decision made Wednesday.
In addition, they will receive EUR 82 for daily expenses from the EU budget for defense and security and between EUR for working under risky and difficult conditions.
The Bulgarian Defense Ministry will pay for travel expenses and medical insurance.
The goal of the EUPOL in Afghanistan is to assist the Afghani government in building a police force respecting human rights and in reforming the Kabul Ministries of Interior and Justice. The mission, launched in June 2007 as an upgrade of a German pilot project has a budget of EUR 64 M. It was planned that 400 policemen would be recruited for it from the EU but it recruited only 287.
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