Romania maintains Mali deployment date hasn’t changed, leaving possible UN capability gap after Canada departs

A spokesperson for the Romanian Ministry of Defence said the Romania won't start its Mali peacekeeping mission until Oct. 15.

Canada has deployed a peacekeeping mission of 250 people and eight helicopters to Mali since August. Photograph courtesy of the Department of National Defence/Ken Beliwicz

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BY NEIL MOSS

June 21, 2019

Despite Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan saying there is not an exact date for the Romanian replacement peacekeepers to arrive in Mali, Romania maintains its original deployment date hasn't changed. Romania's planned deployment date on Oct. 15 would mean that Canada could extend its aeromedical evacu...

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