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ARMENIA INTENDS TO SEND PEACEKEEPERS TO LEBANON NEXT YEAR
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10:34, 31 July, 2013
YEREVAN, JULY 31, ARMENPRESS: The Republic of Armenia intends to
send Armenian peacekeepers to Lebanon under the UN peacekeeping
mission during the next year. This was reported to Armenpress by the
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia
Artsrun Hovhannisyan. "At this moment the negotiations are still in
the process. It is intended to send the Armenian troops to Lebanon
in 2014", - said Artsrun Hovhannisyan.
The Defense Ministry of the Republic of Armenia has been discussing
the issue of including the Armenian peacekeeping detachment in
the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. Currently the negotiations
on including the Armenian detachment in the United Nations Interim
Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are held with the Italian Defense Ministry
and the UN on the structure of the detachment, location, issues,
technical supply and other issues.
Since 2012 one officer of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia
has been included in the UN observation mission in Lebanon.
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia have been participating
in the international peacekeeping missions since 2004. Earlier
they served under the Greek command, but when Greece withdrew its
contingent from Kosovo, a memorandum of understanding was signed
with the American party in 2012 on the re-launch of the Armenian
peacekeepers' mission. Currently the Armenian peacekeepers serve in
Kosovo in the American unit and in Afghanistan - in the German unit.
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/727796/armenia-intends-to-sent-peacekeepers-to-lebanon-next-year.html
10:34, 31 July, 2013
YEREVAN, JULY 31, ARMENPRESS: The Republic of Armenia intends to
send Armenian peacekeepers to Lebanon under the UN peacekeeping
mission during the next year. This was reported to Armenpress by the
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia
Artsrun Hovhannisyan. "At this moment the negotiations are still in
the process. It is intended to send the Armenian troops to Lebanon
in 2014", - said Artsrun Hovhannisyan.
The Defense Ministry of the Republic of Armenia has been discussing
the issue of including the Armenian peacekeeping detachment in
the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. Currently the negotiations
on including the Armenian detachment in the United Nations Interim
Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are held with the Italian Defense Ministry
and the UN on the structure of the detachment, location, issues,
technical supply and other issues.
Since 2012 one officer of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia
has been included in the UN observation mission in Lebanon.
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia have been participating
in the international peacekeeping missions since 2004. Earlier
they served under the Greek command, but when Greece withdrew its
contingent from Kosovo, a memorandum of understanding was signed
with the American party in 2012 on the re-launch of the Armenian
peacekeepers' mission. Currently the Armenian peacekeepers serve in
Kosovo in the American unit and in Afghanistan - in the German unit.