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77147
Thu, 08/27/2009 - 08:54
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INDONESIAN MILITARY TO REVIEW PROPOSED REINFORCEMENT OF TROOPS IN CONGO
Jakarta, Aug 26 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian military is to review a proposal for the sending of more troops to the UN peace-keeping mission in Congo in light the latest security situation there, a spokesman said.
TNI's chief spokesman Vice Marshal Sagom Tamboen told ANTARA here on Wednesday the security situation in that country was far from conducive.
"As part of the UN peace-keeping force, our troops are certainly not prepared for fighting militias but for creating and safeguarding peace in the region. So this is our consideration," he said.
Regarding the troops that have already been prepared for despatch to Congo, he said they would possibly be sent to other UN peace missions in other parts of the world.
"In Lebanon, for example, it is now time for our troops there to be replaced. So it is not impossible for us to send the troops there or to other regions," he said.
The TNI has so far prepared troops for deployment to Congo to join with the UN Mission in the Republic of Congo (MUNOC).
The troops are grouped in the TNI Konga XX-G/Monuc 2009 engineering taskforce led by Lt Col Arnold A.P. Ritiau, to replace the TNI Konga XX-F/Monuc engineering taskforce that would end their assignment there.
The troops have already carried out exercises in preparation for the assignment.
The UN peace-keeping forces in Congo will receive additional 3,000 military personnel by the end of October from among others Egypt, Bangladesh and Jordan, according to reports.
Most of them would be sent to conflict regions in the east and north east of Congo where around 500 members of Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) continued disturbing the local communities.
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TNI's chief spokesman Vice Marshal Sagom Tamboen told ANTARA here on Wednesday the security situation in that country was far from conducive.
"As part of the UN peace-keeping force, our troops are certainly not prepared for fighting militias but for creating and safeguarding peace in the region. So this is our consideration," he said.
Regarding the troops that have already been prepared for despatch to Congo, he said they would possibly be sent to other UN peace missions in other parts of the world.
"In Lebanon, for example, it is now time for our troops there to be replaced. So it is not impossible for us to send the troops there or to other regions," he said.
The TNI has so far prepared troops for deployment to Congo to join with the UN Mission in the Republic of Congo (MUNOC).
The troops are grouped in the TNI Konga XX-G/Monuc 2009 engineering taskforce led by Lt Col Arnold A.P. Ritiau, to replace the TNI Konga XX-F/Monuc engineering taskforce that would end their assignment there.
The troops have already carried out exercises in preparation for the assignment.
The UN peace-keeping forces in Congo will receive additional 3,000 military personnel by the end of October from among others Egypt, Bangladesh and Jordan, according to reports.
Most of them would be sent to conflict regions in the east and north east of Congo where around 500 members of Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) continued disturbing the local communities.
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