Armenian peacekeepers departing for Germany prior to Afghanistan
09.01.2010 15:33 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian peacekeepers are departing for Germany for
a training before joining the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.

`10 peacekeepers will start off on January 10; the other 30 will
depart on January 17,’ colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan, spokesman for the
RA Defense Minister, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. `Our
peacekeepers will be in Afghanistan in mid-February,’ he said.

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is a NATO-led security
and development mission in Afghanistan established by the United
Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001 as envisaged by the Bonn
Agreement. In accordance with all the relevant Security Council
Resolutions, ISAF’s main role is to assist the Afghan government in
the establishment of a secure and stable environment. To this end,
ISAF forces are conducting security and stability operations
throughout the country together with the Afghan National Security
Forces and are directly involved in the development of the Afghan
National Army through mentoring, training and equipping.