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AAF comitmment in European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali), in the Republic of Mali, Africa begun in November 2016.
Their mission consist in supporting and contributing in different EOD services. This mission has a training role and the AAF contigent is part of the EOD (group) in support of the Base Storage Company (Storage and Supply Activity operations) at the Training Center in Koulikoro, Republic of Mali.
During the 2015-2016 period, the Albanian Armed Forces (AAF) participated in the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) with 6 military personnel.
In 2017, the AAF deployed an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) training group consisting of 6 military personnel.
From 2015 until the mission's conclusion in April 2020, Albania contributed a total of 34 military personnel to EUTM Mali.
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