Austria
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Capital: Vienna
Area: 83,871 sq km
Comparative area: slightly smaller than Maine
Population (July 2011 estimate): 8,217,280
Official language(s): German
International Organizations and Agreements: United Nations, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), NATO’s Partnership for Peace
Although neutral, Austria has a long tradition of engaging in UN-sanctioned peacekeeping and humanitarian missions. The all-volunteer Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit (AFDRU), a rapid-response SAR unit, are deployed on peacekeeping missions in Bosnia, Kosovo, Cyprus, Sudan, Georgia, the Golan Heights, and Lebanon in support of UNIFIL.
Austria grants overflight rights for Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn as well as allowing numerous Military Ground Transits, and there is Partnership for Peace Status of Forces agreement.
Austria's political leaders and people recognize and appreciate the essential role the U.S. played in the country's reconstruction and in the Austrian State Treaty.
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