MONGOLIAN GENERAL IN COMMAND OF UNMISS OPERATIONS

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Department for Peacekeeping operations of the UN made a decision on September 26 to appoint Brigadier General and head of the department of policy planning in the Ministry of Defense of Mongolia Mr D.Bayarsaikhan as the Regional commander for Northern International troops. He is to leave Mongolia October 19 to receive his office at the location. In high recognition of this historic event for Mongolia's defense and Armed forces, the Defense Ministry paid tribute on Wednesday to D.Bayarsaikhan and handed him a gift. In accordance with the resolution, enacted this year by the UN Security Council, a number of military personnel for the UNMISS (the UN Mission in South Sudan) operations, underway since 2011, has been increased from 6,500 to 12,500. The PRC, Ghana, Bhutan and Ethiopia has sent moto vehicle sections with 850 military personnel for each to South Sudan, pursuing the resolution. The UNMISS operations troops have been structured into several regional commands, where the Mongolian military men are serving as well. The UN has increased the number of international personnel serving duties in the spot, an invitation for which has been sent here. Following it, our generals were examined and interviewed accordingly and they have passed all requirements. It is apparent that our military personnel can operate in leading positions of such operations. About his mission in South Sudan, Brigadier-General D.Bayarsaikhan said that “regional commander for northern troops commands four battalions from Mongolia, India, Ethiopia and Ghana". Our General is one of eight Generals to be in command of the UNMISS. He said the location he is responsible for is the main oil-field of Sudan. This location is vulnerable in terms of current condition as some ten thousand has been killed during a civil-war-like conflict and hunger and contagious diseases have taken over. According to unofficial source, the Government of Sudan will be take decisive measures against the opposition, and “I will be commanding 4,200 troops, including four moto vehicle battalions from Mongolia, India, Ghana and Rhuanda, and a section from Ethiopia”, said the General.