BAKU, Nov 10 (KUNA) -- Ukranian defense minister Anatoly Gritsinko said Ukranian forces would complete withdrawal from Iraq by end of this year, Interfax news agency reported Thursday.
It quoted Gritsinko as saying that pulling out the forces from Iraq would complete by December 30. "According to the ministry plans, the Ukranian soldiers will celebrate the new year in their homes and with their families in Ukraine," he added.
Pulling out the bulky part of the Ukranian forces in Iraq, which are serving with the US-led coalition troops, would take place on December 20-30.
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