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| Burundi Proposes Offering Troops for Somalia |
| 2007-02-03 |
| Mogadishu 02, Feb.07 ( Sh.M.Network) - Burundi has agreed to offer troops for the African Union peacekeeping initiative in Somalia. Burundi's Minister of Foreign Affairs Antoinette Batumubwira tells VOA that the proposal to send 1,000 troops to Somalia needs to be approved by Burundi's parliament and senate. She explains the reasons behind the proposal. "The African Union has asked to any country that could contribute troops that it could do so," said Batumubwira. "We have a battalion that is ready, that is trained for this kind of mission. We have been helped also when we had difficulties so we would like to also contribute to peacekeeping on the continent." The foreign minister was referring to troops that were brought into Burundi as part of a peace process to end to more than a decade of civil war. |
| Posted by:Steve White |