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Russia to Send Peacekeepers to Sudan

Created: 03.02.2005 17:33 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 17:33 MSK, 4 hours 30 minutes ago

MosNews

President Vladimir Putin has signed a resolution ordering Russian troops to join a proposed U.N. peacekeeping operation in Sudan.

The resolution calls for Russia to send Interior Ministry forces, which have both police and military-type units, the Associated Press reported, citing the Kremlin.

There were no reports on precisely what type of forces would be sent.

Sudan’s government and rebels in the south signed a peace deal on Jan. 9 to end the African nation’s long-running civil war, setting up a national power-sharing administration with an autonomous south.

Russia has been accused in the past of sending military equipment such as helicopters to Sudan, aiding the government-backed troops that are accused by international observers of war crimes in the Darfur region.

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