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Chinese peacekeepers home from Sudan tour
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January 13, 2009, Tuesday
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THE first batch of 160 Chinese peacekeepers returned home yesterday from Sudan's Darfur region after completing a 14-month mission there.
They arrived in the capital of central China's Henan Province yesterday morning. The second batch of 155 peacekeepers is scheduled to be back home on January 20.
The government accepted a UN request to send multi-functional engineering troops in April 2007, and 315 engineering corps personnel of the Beijing and Jinan military commands of the Chinese People's Liberation Army were deployed to Darfur in two groups in November 2007 and July 2008.
China began to send more peacekeepers to Darfur on Saturday. The first group of 153 members arrived in Sudan on Sunday; the second group of 161 members will depart on January 18.
During the 14 months, the first batch of the army engineers conducted operations strictly under the unified arrangements of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur.
They built an army camp, an airport, an administrative office building, fortifications and more than 6,250 kilometers of roads, said Lu Yidong, deputy captain of the engineering team.
The Chinese troops established a good reputation, with zero casualties, zero infections with contagious diseases and good discipline, he said.
Lu said the troops helped the southern Darfur states with economic construction.
All 315 members of the first Chinese engineering forces were awarded the United Nations medal of honor on October 11, 2008.
They arrived in the capital of central China's Henan Province yesterday morning. The second batch of 155 peacekeepers is scheduled to be back home on January 20.
The government accepted a UN request to send multi-functional engineering troops in April 2007, and 315 engineering corps personnel of the Beijing and Jinan military commands of the Chinese People's Liberation Army were deployed to Darfur in two groups in November 2007 and July 2008.
China began to send more peacekeepers to Darfur on Saturday. The first group of 153 members arrived in Sudan on Sunday; the second group of 161 members will depart on January 18.
During the 14 months, the first batch of the army engineers conducted operations strictly under the unified arrangements of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur.
They built an army camp, an airport, an administrative office building, fortifications and more than 6,250 kilometers of roads, said Lu Yidong, deputy captain of the engineering team.
The Chinese troops established a good reputation, with zero casualties, zero infections with contagious diseases and good discipline, he said.
Lu said the troops helped the southern Darfur states with economic construction.
All 315 members of the first Chinese engineering forces were awarded the United Nations medal of honor on October 11, 2008.
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