The eighth batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops to Mali set off
Our newspaper, Shenyang, July 21st, by reporter Yingting Lian and correspondent Wang Xuechao Haiyang
Today, the eighth batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops to Mali assembled at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport. At about 0:30 on the 22nd, the first batch of 203 peacekeepers wearing blue berets and starry sky camouflage uniforms will board. Civil aviation charter flights set off. It is reported that they will arrive in Marigao at about 14:30 that day. The second batch of 213 people will leave in mid-August to replace the seventh batch of Chinese peacekeeping officers and soldiers stationed there to perform a one-year international peacekeeping mission.
The eighth batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops to Mali totaled 413 people. Among them, 210 guards, 140 engineering units from the 79th Army of the Army, and 63 medical units from Shenyang Joint Logistics Support Center. In response to the environmental characteristics and mission requirements of the Mali mission area, the officers and soldiers have fully anticipated various security threats such as terrorist attacks, demonstrations, and car bombs during the four-month combat training, distinguishing different professions, and performing duties and vigilance around the posts. More than a hundred practical subjects such as patrol and engineering construction, organize targeted training and pass upgrade assessment. In particular, in the face of the global spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the medical team specializes in epidemic prevention and control training, invites anti-epidemic medical staff to Wuhan to impart practical experience, strengthens the personal protection skills of medical staff and the assessment of first-aid training under the secondary protection state to ensure After arriving at the mission area, respond to emergencies in time.
The leader of the medical team, Guo Hongde, told reporters that in order to complete the medical rescue mission under the raging situation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the medical team carries a large number of epidemic prevention materials and related drugs to prepare medical staff for treating patients in emergency situations and effectively reduce their infections. The risk of the new coronavirus.