Chinese peacekeepers to Mali receive new-type MRAP vehicles

BEIJING, Jan. 29 — Lately, the tenth Chinese language peacekeeping protection unit to Mali obtained new-type mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) automobiles within the mission space of Gao, marking the primary deployment of the MRAP automobiles to China’s abroad peacekeeping drive.

The MRAP car has been modified to satisfy the duty wants within the mission space, with protection, communication, electromagnetic interference and statement capabilities upgraded. It will probably effectively reply to improvised explosives gadgets (IEDs) and comprehensively enhance the patrol and protection capabilities of the contingent.

In accordance with Xie Wanglin, head of the unit’s fast response squadron, roadside bomb assaults have brought about most casualties to the peacekeepers beneath the constantly deteriorating safety state of affairs within the mission space. “The deployment of the new-type MRAP automobiles will facilitate our mission efficiency and assure our security to a bigger extent,” he mentioned.

China has deployed the guard contingent to the United Nations Multidimensional Built-in Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) for a decade since 2013, which was reorganized into the bottom protection unit in 2022. After the distribution of the MRAP automobiles, the unit will possess higher maneuverability and protection functionality, in order to hold out peacekeeping missions extra effectively.