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56545
Tue, 04/21/2009 - 08:29
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INDONESIA AN IMPORTANT PILLAR IN UN MISSION IN LEBANON
Beirut, Apr 20 (ANTARA) - Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Major General Claudio Graziano said the Indonnesian infantry reinforcement in May 2009 will make Indonesia one of the important pillars of the UN mission in Lebanon.
Speaking at a one-day seminar on Indonesia's participation in the UN peace keeping force in Lebanon held in Beirut Monday he said Indonesia has made contributions as part of the UN mission in Lebanon.
"Since its involvement in November 2007, the Indonesian military contingent in the UN peace keeping mission in Lebanon, including its military police contingent in Eastern Lebanon, had contributed a great deal to peace keeping oprations in Lebanon," Graziano said.
Not to mention the presence of Indonesian special forces grouped in the Force Head Quarter Support Unit (FHQSU) of UNIFIL, responsible for security, logistics and administrative affairs of all UNIFIL members, he added.
Not only that, Indonesia has also demonstrated its commitment to bring about peace in Lebanon by sending one of its SIGMA corvettes to join the Maritime Task Force (MTF) of UNIFIL along with five other countries, France, Germany, Greece, Turkey and Belgium.
Indonesia, Graziano added, has also made many breakthroughs to become more acceptable to the people of Southern Lebanon, such as by way of humanitarian activities covering the local population.
Anyway, good interaction with the local population had become an important key to success of the UN mission in Lebanon or UNIFIL, he said.
There are now 1,245 Indonesian military personnel joining the UN peace keeping mission in Southern Lebanon, of the UNIFIL members totaling 13,000 personnel from 28 countries.
Speaking at a one-day seminar on Indonesia's participation in the UN peace keeping force in Lebanon held in Beirut Monday he said Indonesia has made contributions as part of the UN mission in Lebanon.
"Since its involvement in November 2007, the Indonesian military contingent in the UN peace keeping mission in Lebanon, including its military police contingent in Eastern Lebanon, had contributed a great deal to peace keeping oprations in Lebanon," Graziano said.
Not to mention the presence of Indonesian special forces grouped in the Force Head Quarter Support Unit (FHQSU) of UNIFIL, responsible for security, logistics and administrative affairs of all UNIFIL members, he added.
Not only that, Indonesia has also demonstrated its commitment to bring about peace in Lebanon by sending one of its SIGMA corvettes to join the Maritime Task Force (MTF) of UNIFIL along with five other countries, France, Germany, Greece, Turkey and Belgium.
Indonesia, Graziano added, has also made many breakthroughs to become more acceptable to the people of Southern Lebanon, such as by way of humanitarian activities covering the local population.
Anyway, good interaction with the local population had become an important key to success of the UN mission in Lebanon or UNIFIL, he said.
There are now 1,245 Indonesian military personnel joining the UN peace keeping mission in Southern Lebanon, of the UNIFIL members totaling 13,000 personnel from 28 countries.
