Argentina sends troops to Cyprus for peace mission
10:01, 19 February 2011
BUENOS AIRES. February 19. KAZINFORM The Argentine government Friday sent a contingent of peacekeepers to Cyprus as part of the United Nations (UN) peace mission in that Mediterranean island. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The Argentine Joint Staff of the Armed Forces said Friday that the contingent is formed by 214 soldiers, 158 from the Army, 51 from the Navy and five from the Air Force.
The contingent also includes 14 Chilean troops, 14 Paraguayan and one army chaplain.
The Argentine troops will stay in Cyprus for six months.
Argentina started to contribute troops to the UN peacekeeping mission in Cyprus in 1993, which was created by the world body in 1964 to keep peace between the Greek-Cypriot community and the Turkish-Cypriot community there. Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com