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Chinese working group dispatched to Mali

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06-03-2016 12:38 BJT

A Chinese working group has been dispatched to Mali, following an attack on a UN camp which killed one Chinese peacekeeper and injured others. President Xi Jinping and the Central Military Commission authorized the group that would work with the UN mission and the Mali government, and also bring back the body of the peacekeeper.

Members of a specialist medical team sent by Chinese military get aboard to Mali to join Chinese peacekeepers there and help deal with casualties from a Tuesday terrorist attack in Beijing, on Thursday, June2, 2016. [Photo: China

Members of a specialist medical team sent by Chinese military get aboard to Mali to join Chinese peacekeepers there and help deal with casualties from a Tuesday terrorist attack in Beijing, on Thursday, June2, 2016. [Photo: China's Defence Ministry]

Meanwhile, China's foreign ministry backed UN Security Council plans to hold talks this month on strengthening the facilities and capabilities of the peacekeeping mission.

"China strongly condemns the terrorist attack on the UN Multi-dimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali on May 31st. We have called for the Mali government as well as the United Nations to immediately take measures to strengthen protection of the mission's peacekeepers, and to prevent such incident from happening again. We support the UN Security Council to discuss proposals that will be helpful in enhancing the security of UN peacekeeping operations," China's foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunhing said.

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