August 12, 2023 | 17:26 (GMT+7)
Engineering Company Rotation 2 arrives in Abyei, starting duties
PANO - After over 60 hours, crossing more than 11,000km with many different flights, Vietnam’s Engineering Company Rotation 2 on August 12 arrived at the U.N. peacekeeping mission - the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), ready to take on U.N. peacekeeping duties.
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Engineering Company Rotation 2 welcomed by the Abyei Working Group |
Their journey from Vietnam to Abyei was absolutely safe, and the whole members were in stable health conditions. The company was taken to Highway base and is about to receive duties handed over from the Engineering Company Rotation 1.
In Abyei, the Vietnamese peacekeepers were warmly welcomed by their international peers at UNISFA and local people and received enthusiastic support from their predecessors and members of the Abyei Working Group.
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Engineering Company Rotation 2's personnel arriving in Abyei |
Following the success of the Engineering Company Rotation 1, the Rotation 2 will perform peacekeeping tasks assigned by UNISFA Mission.
Senior Colonel Nguyen Viet Hung, Commanding Officer of the Vietnamese Peacekeeping Force at the UNISFA Mission, and Chief of the Engineering Company Rotation 2 informed that all personnel of the company reached the garrisoning area safely. The whole company was cheerful and excited, and quickly stabilized their accommodation. At the same time, they coordinated with the staff of the Engineering Company Rotation 1 to carry out handover contents, ready to perform their duties at UNISFA.
Right after arriving in the stationed area, the Engineering Company Rotation 2 held the first meeting between the Chain-of-Command and leaders of sections to prepare for the new tasks.
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The first meeting between the Chain-of-Command and leaders of sections |
Apart from receiving duties from the Rotation 1, the Rotation 2 will immediately start repairing and consolidating their barracks, and stabilizing the unit's accommodation. To keep them ready for the new tasks, the Rotation 2 are promptly repairing and consolidating the equipment, automobiles, vehicles, machines, among others, which were handed over by the Rotation 1.
Reported by Xuan Thinh
Translated by Mai Huong