BEIJING – Chinese government said on Thursday in Beijing said it would send 700 troops to join the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
The troops will be sent to South Sudan, where fighting has threatened Beijing’s oil investments.
[eap_ad_2] Defence Ministry Spokesman, Geng Yansheng, said the troops would assist the UN with protecting citizens and humanitarian workers and in other security-related activities.
Yansheng said being the first time China was contributing a battalion to mission, they are negotiating the location of the troops and the timing of the deployment. (Reuters/NAN)
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