Chinese peacekeeping force to Mali fulfils task of joint construction

The Chinese peacekeeping engineer detachment to Mali successfully fulfilled the task of constructing the peripheral defensive structures and some living facilities for the UN peacekeeping force camp in the Menaka area on June 30, 2014, local time.

The local security situation has become increasingly grim since the outbreak of conflicts in the north of Mali in late May, and there have been a number of rocket projectile attacks, harassing attacks by unidentified people, and car-bomb attacks against the UN peacekeeping force camp.

To enhance the defense capacity of the UN force camp, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) ordered the Chinese peacekeeping engineers to rush to Menaka, an important town 300 kilometers away in the north, for the construction task on June 9, 2014. The Nigerien peacekeeping infantrymen were responsible for the mobility escort from Gao to the construction site and for the guard duty during the construction.