The Ministry of Defence announced today that a unit of the Serbian Armed Forces from the Training Command has been sent to a multinational operation in Lebanon, where they will perform tasks as part of the United Nations peacekeeping forces for the next six months.
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Serbian army unit sent to peacekeeping operation mission in Lebanon
Belgrade,
7 March 2023
It is a force protection platoon which, in accordance with its purpose, will be engaged in the security of the United Nations base in the operation zone where the Italian contingent is located.
In Lebanon, they will replace members of the Serbian Armed Forces who successfully completed the same tasks in the previous six months and are ending their engagement in this Middle Eastern country this month.
The Serbian Armed Forces began participating in the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Lebanon in 2010. Currently, in addition to the force protection platoon, the Serbian Armed Forces in Lebanon also employ an infantry company, as an independent unit within the Spanish battalion, staff officers in the mission command and a group of specialist officers in charge of supporting our contingent.
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