Today at the Svilaj border crossing point, the first convoy from the Czech Republic entered Bosnia and Herzegovina and is en route to Camp Butmir.
Czech and Hungarian Reserve Troops, alongside NATO-led KFOR personnel, will join EUFOR in-theatre forces to participate in Quick Response 2025, our annual large-scale training exercise.
Once all participating troops have arrived, an integration exercise will be conducted, followed by the full execution of Quick Response.
Additionally, members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina and BiH Law Enforcement Agencies will train alongside EUFOR personnel.
The aim of the exercise is to enhance the operational readiness of all participating forces and reaffirm EUFOR’s ongoing support to its BiH partners in maintaining a safe and secure environment throughout the country.
Since 2012, EUFOR has conducted the Quick Response exercise annually, except in 2014, when it was cancelled due to severe flooding. That year, all deployed troops joined the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in supporting national authorities during the crisis, in a joint humanitarian effort named Operation Joint Effort 2014