1.   Hungary has acquiesced on the issue of sending Hungarian troops to Kosovo.

2.   Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn said there were insufficient guarantees of the safety of Hungarian troops.

3.   In Hungary, similarly, two-thirds of those elected to Parliament must vote to allow Hungarian troops to operate outside the country.

4.   Yet two-thirds back the ban on using Hungarian troops in action.

5.   Hungarian troops had already removed part of the border fence near Sopron.

6.   Hungarian troops took seven days to build the bridge as part of operations by the NATO-led Bosnian peace force meant to help the country return to normal.

7.   Hungarian troops traveling to Italy last week for maneuvers had to pass through neutral Austria, and last-minute negotiations were necessary to overcome Austrian objections.

8.   Hungarian troops with the NATO-led peacekeeping mission took seven days to build the bridge over the Sava River.

9.   Russia maintains that Hungarian troops fighting with the Nazis against the Soviet Union also seized Russian valuables.

10.   The force is expected to pave the way for future multinational units involving Czech and Hungarian troops, the ministers said.