This Tuesday, a first group of 61 Uruguayan peacekeepers out of a force of 224 will fly to their country and two other identical groups will follow Wednesday and Friday.

A force of 41 soldiers will remain in Haiti to load the ship which will leave on May 21, with equipment used in the mission: jeeps, trucks, generators, field kitchens and weaponry. Four soldiers will leave on the boat and the other 37 will arrive by plane on June 1 in Uruguay.

Let's recall that the Uruguayan contingent officially ended its participation in Minustah, on April 15 as scheduled in a decree of the national government, a decision taken independently of the UN Security Council resolution that extended the Mission of the Minustah until October 2017. About 12,000 Uruguayan peacekeepers have participated in the total (in rotation) of the UN mission since 2004.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20639-haiti-security-d-3-end-of-the-uruguay-mission-in-haiti.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-20437-haiti-security-uruguay-confirms-the-departure-of-haiti-of-its-peacekeepers.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-17724-icihaiti-security-definitive-withdrawal-of-peacekeepers-from-uruguay.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-16181-icihaiti-security-250-uruguayan-soldiers-until-december-31-2016.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12836-haiti-security-uruguay-will-remove-60-of-its-troops-in-haiti.html

SL/ HaitiLibre