Xinhua News Agency, Beirut, August 7 (Niu Yanli) After an explosion occurred in the port area of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on the evening of the 4th, the Chinese peacekeeping force in Lebanon, which was notified by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), was ready to help at any time. .
Gao Chaoning, the commander of China’s 18th batch of peacekeeping forces to Lebanon, said on the 6th that after receiving the notice from UNIFIL on preparations for detonation and medical assistance, the Chinese peacekeeping forces immediately organized officers and soldiers to grasp the accident situation, and count first aid medicines and organizations. A batch of wounded rescuers were drilled to inspect and maintain machinery and equipment such as excavators and cranes to ensure that they could be dispatched immediately once a rescue order was received.
According to Gao Chaoning, a 3-person EOD team and a 7-person medical assistance team are now on standby. He said that the medical staff of the Chinese peacekeeping medical team are experts and famous doctors from related medical and related hospitals in China, while the multi-functional engineering team and the construction team have participated in earthquake relief and flood relief many times in the country, and they have rich disaster rescue experience. Fully confident and capable to complete rescue missions.
Gao Chaoning said that the peacekeeping camp was far from Beirut and was not affected by the explosion, and no peacekeepers were injured. After the explosion, the peacekeeping forces kept abreast of the dynamic situation through various channels.
At around 18:10 on the 4th local time, a violent explosion occurred in the Beirut port area. As of the 6th, the explosion has caused at least 137 deaths, more than 5,000 injuries, and dozens of others are missing.