Chinese peacekeeping riot police arrive in Haiti
18/10/2004 11:19
A 95-member contingent of Chinese riot police arrived in Haiti on Sunday
to join the UN peacekeeping mission in the crisis-torn country.
The
contingent left Beijing on Sunday morning and arrived in Haiti's capital
Port-au-Prince at 02:15 p.m. local time (0815 GMT), Shao Weiming, deputy head of
the Chinese police team, told Xinhua in a telephone interview.
The force,
whose advanced team of 30 members arrived in Haiti last month, is China's first
contribution of riot police to a UN mission.
In Haiti, the 125-member Chinese
team, on a six-month mission, will support the international peacekeeping
presence, assist and train local police in law enforcement, as well as deal with
mass public security emergencies.
So far, China has dispatched a total of 297
peacekeeping police officers to six nations including East Timor,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Liberia, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Haiti.
Xinhua News
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