Romania will send 600 more troops to Afghanistan, according to a plan approved Thursday by the Supreme Council for Country Defense (CSAT). Currently, there are 1,290 Romanian troops acting in missions abroad, among whom 1,020 soldiers are deployed in Afghanistan. In 2010, the Romanian Army will be able to operate in missions outside borders with 3,753 soldiers, 2,342 of whom already deployed and 1,411 deployable. Romania began to send troops to Afghanistan in July 2002, the action being the country's first military mission abroad after the Second World War. The CSAT, which includes the president, prime minister, ministers for defense and foreign affairs and intelligence chiefs, is Romania's top-most executive body able to decide on security and defense issues. 