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China to get more involved in UN peacekeeping operations

China is ready to get more involved in the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations to make its efforts to safeguard the peace and stability of the region and world, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao Thursday.


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China is ready to get more involved in the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations to make its efforts to safeguard the peace and stability of the region and world, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao Thursday.

Liu told a regular press conference that China in April this year dispatched a force to the Democratic Republic of Congo to participate in the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations. The force includes a 175-person sapper company and a 43-person medical team, he added.

Liu noted that the Chinese peacekeeping force has overcome difficulties and completed its tasks over the past months, and has been highly praised by all sides.

According to the UN regulations and the needs of the reality, Liu said, the Chinese peacekeeping force will complete its first shift and come back to Beijing on Dec. 15, and the substitute force will take their position on Dec. 13.

Liu said that as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China has always supported the UN's peacekeeping operation and its efforts to settle the conflict in Africa, and has actively participated in the peacekeeping operations in the region.

He noted that not long ago, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed his gratitude for China's contributions to peacekeeping operations during his meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.


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