The 25th batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) all arri

Original title: the 25th batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) all arrived in the mission area



Johannesburg, October 2 (Yan Jianming, Yan Junhua, Xu huaiwu, Guo Zhujiang, Li Angang) on the afternoon of October 2 local time, 94 officers and soldiers of the second echelon of China's 25th batch of peacekeeping forces to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) arrived at Goma International Airport by charter plane and transferred to a special bus to enter the camp of the Chinese peacekeeping engineering unit, marking a new batch of Chinese troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) All peacekeeping forces have been deployed.
The total number of the new batch of peacekeeping forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is 218, including 175 engineers and 43 medical units, which are divided into two echelons to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 124 members of the first echelon arrived at the camp on the Chinese peninsula of the peacekeeping engineering unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the afternoon of September 12 local time. After 14 days of centralized isolation, they completed the handover of barracks facilities, ordnance equipment, vehicles and machinery with the 24th batch of peacekeeping forces on September 28, and officially took over the mission area.
It is reported that in April 2003, at the invitation of the United Nations, China sent its first peacekeeping engineer and medical unit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to participate in peacekeeping operations in the region. At present, China has sent 25 batches of peacekeeping engineers and medical units to the mission area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with more than 3000 peacekeepers, and has carried out thousands of engineering support tasks at hundreds of points in the mission area.
In a turbulent and dangerous environment, Chinese peacekeeping officers and soldiers have lived up to their great trust, successfully completed various peacekeeping tasks, and won full recognition and wide praise from the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the international community. The 25th batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops to the DRC will always bear in mind their mission, live up to their great trust, always put the honor of the motherland first, display the good image of China's blue helmets, and make new and greater contributions to the sustainable peace and stability of the DRC region!