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The Council of the European Union announced the immediate launch of a military operation in Central African Republic to help “achieve a safe and a secure environment” amid the escalating crisis, said the council’s order.
The Council of the European Union have announced the immediate launch of a military operation in the Central African Republic to help “achieve a safe and a secure environment” amid the escalating crisis, said the council’s order.
European Union Force RCA, led by the French Major-General Philippe Ponties, will compromise up to 1,000 troops. They are to provide “temporary support in achieving a safe and secure environment in the area, with a view to handing over to a UN peacekeeping operation or to African partners.”
The HQ and the troops will be located in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic and its largest city. The operational center will be located in Larissa, Greece.
he move has been authorized by the UN Security Council in resolution 2134 (2014).
“The launch of this operation demonstrates the EU’s determination to take full part in international efforts to restore stability and security in Bangui and right across the Central African Republic,” said the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, Catherine Ashton.
“I’d like to thank all the Member States and non-EU countries which are working together to make this operation a success. It is vital that there is a return to public order as soon as possible, so that the political transition process can be put back on track. ”
Pay you dammed debts off first before you play toy soldiers!
crazyewok
Greece?
They are the last bloody people to be funding any sort of military operations!
Pay you dammed debts off first before you play toy soldiers!
crazyewok
Greece?
They are the last bloody people to be funding any sort of military operations!
Pay you dammed debts off first before you play toy soldiers!
The Central African Republic's mineral resource endowment includes copper, diamond, gold, graphite, ilmenite, iron ore, kaolin, kyanite, lignite, limestone, manganese, monazite, quartz, rutile, salt, tin, and uranium. Of these commodities, only diamond and gold were produced in 2006 - subsistence farming was the mainstay of the economy.[1]
crazyewok
Greece?
They are the last bloody people to be funding any sort of military operations!
Pay you dammed debts off first before you play toy soldiers!