FIRST GROUP OF TURKISH PEACEKEEPERS ARRIVED IN BEIRUT

Public Radio, Armenia
Oct 11 2006

The first group of Turkish peacekeepers arrived in Beirut. Turkish
military engineers and constructors will be deployed near Tir city,
where they will be engaged in reconstruction of buildings and
infrastructures.

Ankara has already sent a frigate that will join the naval division
near Lebanese coasts to be headed by Germany.

The total number of Turkish peacekeepers within UN forces in Lebanon
will reach 681. Turkey was the first Muslim country to send its
peacekeepers to Lebanon.