Yesterday, in Shama's United Nation Position 2-3, the Italian peacekeepers of the UNIFIL mission celebrated the Republic Day.
A representation of blue helmets, among those who were free from services and patrols, participated in the flag-raising ceremony which continued with the laying of a crown in honor of the fallen.
The commander of the Joint Task Force Lebanon - Sector West, Brigadier General Diego Filippo Fulco, at the end of the reading of the messages of the Presidency of the Republic and the Minister of Defense, recalled the importance of the service that is carried out daily under the banner of the UN , underlining how the commitment of the Italians in Lebanon gives prestige to the Republic.
A simple ceremony that added attention to all preventive measures against the spread of covid-19 to the particularity of the performance on Lebanese soil. Provisions and procedures that have been the heritage of Italian soldiers employed abroad for months.
Currently the JTFL-SW is composed on a brigade base "Granatieri di Sardegna". About 250 activities that the men and women of the Italian Army conduct every day in southern Lebanon to ensure compliance with United Nations resolution 1701 and to confirm with their own work how professional and effective the Italian soldier is in peacekeeping.
