Seven Chinese peacekeeping police officers left Beijing for South Sudan on a one-year mission on Sunday, according to the Chinese Ministry of Public Security.
The sixth team of Chinese peacekeeping police to South Sudan was selected by police authorities in east China's Zhejiang Province.
They have all attended peacekeeping training consisting of courses to help them understand the situation in their mission zone, international law, first aid, driving, English and shooting, and have passed UN examinations, the ministry said.
Since 2000, the ministry has dispatched 2,458 police officers to nine UN peacekeeping mission zones in Timor Leste, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo,Liberia, Afghanistan, Sudan, Haiti, South Sudan and Cyprus.
(Source: Xinhua)
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