Recently, the 10th batch of China's peacekeeping medical detachment to Mali has stopped its routine diagnosis and treatment work, and has gradually transferred to the work of packing materials and handing over donations, and the peacekeeping medical mission in Mali is about to be fully completed, and the officers and men of the detachment plan to return to China in two batches on the 17th and 23rd of this month.
Recently, after receiving the withdrawal order from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), the second-level hospitals under the responsibility of the 10th batch of Chinese peacekeeping medical detachments in Mali officially stopped their routine diagnosis and treatment work and fully entered the withdrawal stage.
It is understood that since the end of August last year, the 10th batch of China's peacekeeping medical detachment to Mali has been deployed to the mission area, receiving more than 3,600 consultations, carrying out 62 surgeries, and carrying out more than 10 medical technical guidance and rescue skills training for friendly forces from various countries. A number of ** people from the Eastern Theater of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) also visited Chinese peacekeepers in the secondary hospital recently, fully affirming the contribution made by the Chinese secondary hospital to the cause of peacekeeping in Mali since its establishment 10 years ago.
Deputy Commander of the Eastern Theater of Operations of MINUSMA, Mohamed Eltoki: I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the respected Chinese people for providing humanitarian services here and for bringing us professional medical staff in the level II hospital in Gao.
On 30 June, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2690. In accordance with the resolution, MINUSMA terminated its peacekeeping operations with effect from 1 July and began to carry out the transition of mandates, as well as the orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal of personnel.
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