(Source: Jiji Press English News Service)
Tokyo, Oct. 3 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government, at a cabinet meeting Friday, decided to send later this month two Ground Self- Defense Force officers to participate in U.N. peacekeeping operations in Sudan.
Based on the peacekeeping cooperation law, the two officers will join the U.N. Mission in Sudan, or UNMIS, which has been active in southern parts of the civil war-battered African nation.
Specifically, the GSDF men will work until June 30 next year in the division at the mission's headquarters in Khartoum for food and fuel supply control and database management.
In southern Sudan, the government and rebels signed a peace accord in 2005 to put an end to their conflict that lasted more than 20 years.
To implement the peace agreement and help Sudanese refugees return home, 68 countries, including the United States and China, have sent about 10,000 personnel to UNMIS.END
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