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Hungary OKs NATO, EU troops to help guard border
Already 4,700 soldiers on the border with Croatia and Serbia
08 October, 19:17
(ANSA-AP) - BUDAPEST - Troops from the European Union or NATO will be allowed to help defend Hungary's borders due to the migrant crisis, the Hungarian government said Thursday.
A government decree said up to 1,000 troops from Hungary's allies can take part until March 15 in the "Common Will" border defense operation. Their tasks may include participating in joint exercises as well as supporting Hungarian troops on the border, but they will not be directly policing the border.
Some 4,700 Hungarian soldiers are now at the country's southern borders with Serbia and Croatia. (ANSA-AP).
