10/06/2022 (Agence Europe) – The EU Council adopted, on Friday 10 June, a €6 million European Peace Facility (EPF) support measure for the Balkan Medical Task Force (BMTF). This assistance measure will support the capacity building of the BMTF by procuring the necessary equipment and materiel for the medical units of the Armed Forces of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia, participating in the BMTF, the EU Council said in its statement. The measure will finance mobility assets, components for field hospitals, laboratory equipment and supplies, and IT and communication equipment. Assistance was requested on behalf of the BMTF by North Macedonia in April 2022. (CG)