Eastern express

The UK in the coming months will withdraw about 1,600 military personnel from Iraq. According to AP, this was stated on Wednesday by the British Prime Minister Tony Blair during a performance in the House of Commons.

According to the prime minister, after the conclusion in Iraq, only about 7,000 British military will remain.

Denmark Prime Minister Foh Rasmussen said on Wednesday that 450 Danish military, located in Iraq, will also soon go home. "The conclusion of the Danish battalion will occur in August, it will replace the helicopter part," Rasmussen said.

Lithuania intends to withdraw his military from Iraq. This was stated on Wednesday by a press secretary of the country's Ministry of Defense.

The military contingent of Great Britain is concentrated in the south of Iraq and is deployed in the provinces of Basra and Masan. The Danish military contingent is deployed in the British zone of responsibility, mainly in the Basra. Its number is 460 people.

In addition to the Danes and the British in Iraq, there are 2300 South Korean military, 900 Poles, 800 Australians and Georgians, as well as 600 Romanian troops.