TIRANA, Dec 29 /ATA/ – Albanian troops will join the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).
Albanian Armed Forces personnel will serve for a three-year term on a 365-day rotation mission in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei area, which lies along the border of Sudan and South Sudan.
Status of Albanian Armed Forces personnel as part of this UN mission is determined under the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United Nations Organizations and the government of the Republic of South Sudan signed in 2012.
The primary objective of UNISFA is to monitor the border between north and south Sudan and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid. UNISFA is also authorized to use force in protecting civilians and humanitarian workers in Abyei.
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