Peruvian Blue Helmets Contribute to World Peace
During 2020 and part of 2021, Peruvian service members carried out engineering tasks in the Central African Republic, as part of the MINUSCA peacekeeping mission. (Photo: Peruvian Armed Forces’ Joint Command)
By Pedro Francisco Hurtado Cánepa/Diálogo July 21, 2021
On June 22, the Peruvian Armed Forces’ Joint Command reported that 27 women and 178 men of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, all members of the Peruvian Engineering Company, left to join the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA, in French).
“You are leaving to give continuity to the contribution that our country is making in the Central African Republic, to protect the population, and support the transition process in place,” Peruvian Defense Minister Nuria Esparch said to the military contingent during the farewell ceremony.