Japanese troops start withdrawing from UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan
Photo: First batch of Japanese peacekeeping troops with mandate to use force arrives in Juba on 21 November, 2016. (Radio Tamazuj) Japan on Monday started withdrawing its troops from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) as part of the process to end their five-year participation in the ongoing UN peacekeeping mission in the world’s youngest nation. The first group of troops to head home consists of about 70 personnel of the 350-member GSDF unit that has stayed in South Sudan from around December last year.All members of the unit are expected to return by the end of May. The Japanese government announced the pullout of the troops from the UN mission in South Sudan in March, saying the construction of roads and other infrastructure by SDF members in South Sudan produced significant results. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oo-ubcYsjJU%2BBQkByPXqNLOBqC3iBhzGPrJbubEncdJ3g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
