Lebanon: visits to the UNIFIL West Sector Command

10/04/15

The Chief of Staff of the Ghanaian Army, Major. January Richard Kwame Opoku Adusei, and the head of CIMIC Ops Korean joint chief of staff, major January Oh Jung Il, visited the West Sector Command of UNIFIL and the Italian contingent in Lebanon, based on the "Pinerolo" Brigade of Bari.

Welcomed by the commander, Brigadier General Stefano Del Col, at the base of Shama (southern Lebanon), the general officers received an update on the current operating situation in the sector in which the Ghanaian and Koreans blue helmets operating in their respective units operate. maneuver (battle-group). Ghana and South Korea are two of the 11 countries participating in the UNIFIL mission in the West Sector, for a total of 3500 soldiers, of which Italian 1000. The two foreign authorities have confirmed the full harmony of their compatriots in the multinational context which, in full compliance with the 1701 resolution of the United Nations 2006, expresses a successful operational model for stability in southern Lebanon.

Source: UNIFIL