Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 21:41:03 -0700
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article53456
December 25, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA/JUBA) – Chinese government will deploy
700-strong force to the war-affected South Sudan in the next two weeks as
part of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) per a request
from the UN peacekeeping department.
*A Chinese soldier from an engineering unit practice at an army camp in *
*Qinyang**, **Henan** province September 15, 2007 (Reuters)*
In accordance with the approval of the Chinese Central Military Commission
and Chairman Xi Jin Ping, China’s first branch of peacekeeping combat
infantry battalion is expected to arrive in early January 2015.
This will be the first dispatch of a Chinese international peacekeeping
combat infantry battalion, Chinese officials said.
Ibrahim I. Suliman
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