Yemen would send peacekeeping force to Sudan under U.N. mandate

SANA’A, June 03, 2004 (dpa) — Yemen said Thursday it would send a peacekeeping force to Sudan as part of a United Nations peacekeeping operation after the Khartoum government reaches a peace deal with southern rebels.

“Yemen would participate in the international peacekeeping force that is expected to be deployed by a U.N. mandate,” reported the defence ministry’s magazine.

The Khartoum government and southern rebels signed in Naivasha, Kenya on May 26 tentative peace protocols that call for sharing power and oil revenues.

The Yemeni peacekeeping unit would receive training in Indonesia and Greece under U.N. supervision in preparation for the Sudan mission, said the magazine.