The third and last batch of 130 Chinese peacekeepers arrived in
Sudan on Saturday, completing deployment of a total of 430 Chinese
peacekeeping troops to the country.
The Chinese peacekeepers landed in El-Obeid, central Sudan and
immediately reported for duty at the logistics base of the UN
peacekeeping mission in Sudan.
They were to stay in El-Obeid for Saturday night and then travel
the next day to Wau in southern Sudan, where the barracks of the
Chinese peacekeepers are based.
The second batch of 135 Chinese peacekeepers arrived in El-Obeid
on Friday following the arrival of another 135 Chinese peacekeepers
10 days earlier. All of these 270 Chinese peacekeepers had already
been stationed in Wau.
A 25-member advance team and a five-member group of the Chinese
peacekeeping force had arrived in Wau in April and March
respectively.
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on March 24, 2005
authorizing the deployment of a peacekeeping force to southern
Sudan to help implement a peace accord reached between the Sudanese
government and the rebel group in southern Sudan.
(Xinhua News Agency May 28, 2006)