SLOVAKIA'S EXPENDITURES FOR DEPLOYMENTS ON COALITION AND

UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000653 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL OPDC MOPS LO MAR SUBJECT: SLOVAKIA'S EXPENDITURES FOR DEPLOYMENTS ON COALITION AND ALLIED OPERATIONS ¶1. ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC HAS SPENT THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS ON OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS IN SUPPORT OF NATO AND COALITION OPERATIONS: MISSION YEAR FIRST YEAR 2004 TOTAL TO DATE BEGUN COST COST SFOR 1998 57,000 USD 270,000 USD 1,659,000 USD KFOR 1999 715,000 USD 5,370,000 USD 20,827,000 USD SFOR(HELO) 2002 222,000 USD (ENDED 2003) 1,110,000 USD OEF 2002 2,121,000 USD 3,092,000 USD 5,183,000 USD OIF 2003 3,855,000 USD 12,794,000 USD 16,648,000 USD ISAF 2004 2,563,000 USD 2,563,000 USD 2,563,000 USD TOTAL COST OF DEPLOYMENTS 24,089,000 USD 47,990,000 USD ¶2. THE SFOR (HELO) MISSION REFERS TO THE YEAR-LONG DEPLOYMENT OF TRANSPORT HELICOPTERS IN SUPPORT OF THE DUTCH CONTINGENT IN THE BALKANS FROM 2002 TO 2003. THE FIRST YEAR COSTS ARE FOR THE 2002 CALENDAR YEAR ONLY. THE SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN THE SFOR MISSION HAS ABOUT CONCLUDED, ALTHOUGH SLOVAKS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT KFOR IN KOSOVO, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) IN AFGHANISTAN, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) IN IRAQ, AND THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE (ISAF),ALSO IN AFGHANISTAN. ¶3. THESE FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE EXPENDITURES FOR SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS-SPONSORED PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS. WEISER NNNN