Fifteen policemen from Germany will take part in an international mission to maintain the ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, unarmed law enforcers will patrol the border from the Armenian side, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said, Sputnik reported quoting RIA Novosti.
"The Federal Cabinet has decided that Germany will take part in the new EU mission in Armenia (EUMA) along the international border to Azerbaijan," he said at a briefing. He specified that "a maximum" of 15 German law enforcers will take part in the EUMA mission, and the total number of participating policemen from different European countries will be 100. "The new mission is necessary because the situation on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues to be tense," he added.
The EUMA mission will begin next Monday. Its stated purpose is to monitor the ceasefire with unarmed patrols.
Earlier it was reported that the mission will include eight gendarmes from France.