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Argentina sends new peacekeeping troops to Haiti

Xinhua, October 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Argentina will send a 61-member contingent to Haiti to help the Caribbean nation in its post-earthquake reconstruction efforts, the country's officials said on Wednesday.

"Again, we reaffirm our commitment to peace by taking part in UN missions," Argentinean Defense Minister Agustin Rossi said at a sendoff ceremony of the peacekeepers in the capital of Buenos Aires.

The soldiers, including 22 women, will join the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). They will be stationed at an air force military hospital in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince for six months.

"Each soldier assigned to these missions represents our armed forces, our country and the Argentinean people through his (or her) work," Rossi said.

More than 12,600 Argentinean service persons have participated in MINUSTAH operations in the past 10 years.

The MINUSTAH, that started in 2004 to reestablish peace in conflict-hit Haiti, has taken on more of a reconstruction role after the devastating 2010 earthquake, which shattered Haiti's already fragile economy and weak infrastructure. Endi