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https://defencebelgium.com/2018/04/20/l ... ee-dun-an/Ministerraad van 20 april 2018
De ministerraad gaat op voorstel van minister van Defensie Steven Vandeput
akkoord met de deelname van een detachement C130 aan de operatie Minusma in Mali.
Er wordt meer bepaald groen licht gegeven voor de inzet van een C130 detachement
dat is samengesteld uit een vijfenzestigtal militairen,
gestationeerd te Bamako,
vanaf mei 2018 tot mei 2019.
Deze opdracht bestaat uit het verzekeren van luchttransport ten voordele van
de Verenigde Naties in Mali.
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April 20, 2018
Belgium sends C-130 to Mali for one year
Among Defense files in the program of the Council of Ministers,
the participation of a C-130 in MINUSMA was also on the agenda.
Planned in the 2018 plan of operations,
a C-130 with a detachment of about 65 soldiers will be deployed
in Bamako for a period of one year.
Candidate for a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council in 2019,
Belgium has decided to increase its contribution to MINUSMA
of which she is head since April 2017.
Currently, there are about 100 soldiers deployed in this UN mission in Mali.
The Belgian army sent two NH-90s with a detachment of 50 men,
active since March and who will return to Belgium at the end of June.
A two-month extension mentioned has not been confirmed yet.
The remainder of the detachment is divided up with 20 men in Bamako in support of the commander General Deconinck,
5 men in Bamako in the U2 cell of MINUSMA Force HQ
and 12 men in Gao in Sector HQ.
From May, the Belgian contribution will rise to a little more than 160 men
with the sending of this C-130 and a detachment of 65 soldiers,
including two Luxembourgish soldiers: an officer and a sub-officer. officer.
Initially, this deployment was to last only six months with a possibility of six additional months.
The government has agreed today for a one-year direct deployment from May 2018 to May 2019.
The mission of the C-130 will be to provide air transportation for MINUSMA.
At the end of the year, a detachment of 50 men from the ISTAR battalion will also be deployed
in a German contingent with the task of collecting information for the benefit of MINUSMA.