Hungary Sends Troops to Iraq Reconstruction

Politics | June 3, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Hungary's parliament voted late Monday to send 300 soldiers to Iraq to assist in its reconstruction, Voice of America reported. The decision came after weeks of debate between the government and the political opposition in parliament.

The approval by parliament came after more than a month of political wrangling that led to tensions with Washington.

Hungary's conservative opposition, led by the Fidesz party, twice voted down a government proposal to urgently debate a United States request for Hungarian peacekeepers in Iraq.
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