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Bulgaria to cut military presence in Iraq

SOFIA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria plans to reduce the number of its troops in Iraq by a quarter in June and will decide this month whether to completely pull them out by the end of 2005, said the government here on Thursday.

"There is a significant decrease of around 100 troops in the fifth contingent in Iraq," Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolai Svinarov told reporters.

The Balkan country has sent about 500 soldiers to Iraq serving under Polish command in the Diwaniya region, and the Bulgarian government is considering a complete pullout by the end of this year.

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