BEIJING, May 7 -- A total of 196 troops to join the 21st Chinese peacekeeping multi-functional engineering contingent to Lebanon gathered in a brigade under the PLA's 75th Group Army on May 6 to participate in a three-month closed intensive training and assessment to make full preparation for their peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon.
The intensive training covers 16 specialties including demining, explosive ordnance disposal, engineering construction, etc., in a bid to enhance the peacekeepers’ professional competency and teamwork.
It is learnt that, after the intensive training, the 196 troops will leave for Lebanon to take over the peacekeeping mission from the 20th Chinese peacekeeping multi-functional engineering contingent.