ZAGREB, March 10 (Hina) - Five Croatian Armed Forces officers on Saturday left Zagreb for Eritrea, where they will participate in a U.N. peace mission as unarmed military observers in a zone of separation between Ethiopia and Eritrea
supervising the implementation of a peace agreement the two East-African countries signed late last year after a two-year war. The Croatian officers will join a group of 220 military observers from 24 countries and another 3,900 U.N. troops on the ground. Mixed U.N. troops will supervise the cease fire and work toward the establishment of trust between the two countries in line with decisions by the U.N. Security Council and the Secretary-General. According to the head of the Croatian mission, Major Zeljko Nuic, all officers have completed a special training programme for U.N. peace missions in the country and abroad.(hina) rml
ZAGREB, March 10 (Hina) - Five Croatian Armed Forces officers on
Saturday left Zagreb for Eritrea, where they will participate in a
U.N. peace mission as unarmed military observers in a zone of
separation between Ethiopia and Eritrea supervising the
implementation of a peace agreement the two East-African countries
signed late last year after a two-year war.
The Croatian officers will join a group of 220 military observers
from 24 countries and another 3,900 U.N. troops on the ground.
Mixed U.N. troops will supervise the cease fire and work toward the
establishment of trust between the two countries in line with
decisions by the U.N. Security Council and the Secretary-General.
According to the head of the Croatian mission, Major Zeljko Nuic,
all officers have completed a special training programme for U.N.
peace missions in the country and abroad.
(hina) rml