Georgian Kosovo contingent

Georgian Kosovo Contingent
Active	1999–2008
Country	Georgia
Allegiance	Kosovo Force (KFOR)
Branch	Georgian Armed Forces
Type	platoon, then company
Size	34, then 150
Garrison/HQ	Mamuša, Prizren

The Georgian Kosovo Contingent (Georgian: ქართული სამხედრო კონტინგენტი კოსოვოში) was a Georgian military deployment, from 1999 to 2008, as part of the NATO-led international peacekeeping force—Kosovo Force—which was responsible for establishing secure environment in Kosovo. It set the first precedent for Georgian participation in international peacekeeping operations.

The first Georgian unit, a platoon of 34 troops, arrived in Kosovo in 1999 and was stationed in Mamuša as part of the Turkish peacekeeping battalion. In 2003, a Georgian company of 150 personnel was deployed in Prizren under the German command. The Georgian troops were withdrawn from Kosovo in April 2008.^[1] As the Georgian officials stated the decision to withdraw the peacekeepers was made in view of NATO's other international priorities as Georgia was preparing for a larger-scale deployment in Afghanistan.^[2]

See also

• Georgian Iraqi contingent
• Georgian Afghanistan contingent

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