Azerbaijan, Baku, 14 November / Trend corr. I.Alizade / The Azerbaijani Parliament made a decision to withdraw its peacekeeping forces from Iraq on 14 November.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev submitted Iraq to the parliament a bill on withdrawal of peacekeeping forces from.
A total of 150 soldiers of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces serve within the composition of the International Forces in Afghanistan. The International Forces in Afghanistan also include 90 Azerbaijani peacekeepers, who are involved patrol service in Kabul.
The Azerbaijani Parliament decided to withdraw 34 Azerbaijani peacekeepers from Kosovo, because of political situation aroused after announcement of independence of Kosovo, which separated Serbia on 4 March.
The peacekeeping forces have been withdrawn from Iraq because of expiration of five-year term, Ogtay Asadov, the speaker of the Parliament, said at a parliamentary meeting on 14 November.
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