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Germany to send company of troops to Slovakia to join new NATO battlegroup

Federal security cabinet meeting in Berlin
Federal security cabinet meeting in Berlin

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will send a company of troops to Slovakia that will build part of a new NATO battlegroup to be established there, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Friday.

“We are working on quickly sending a company to Slovakia,” she told German public TV ZDF after talks with her Slovak counterpart.

(Reporting by Sabine Siebold; Editing by Chris Reese)