Identifier
Created
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06ULAANBAATAR750
2006-10-04 00:27:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Ulaanbaatar
Cable title:
7th Rotation of Mongolian Troops Departs for Iraq
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UNCLAS ULAANBAATAR 000750
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TAGS: MARR PREL KPKO MG IZ AF YI SL TU BE
SUBJECT: 7th Rotation of Mongolian Troops Departs for Iraq
UNCLAS ULAANBAATAR 000750
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR PREL KPKO MG IZ AF YI SL TU BE
SUBJECT: 7th Rotation of Mongolian Troops Departs for Iraq
1. One hundred Mongolian troops departed today for Iraq, where they
will provide force protection at Camp Echo for Polish troops in the
Multinational Force. The six month deployment is Mongolia's 7th
rotation of troops to Iraq since 2003. The dawn departure ceremony
was attended by the Charge, and presided over by the Vice Defense
Minister and Deputy Chief of General Staff (note: both the Minister
and Chief of Staff are out of the country).
2. As well as Iraq, Mongolia's other current or upcoming
peacekeeping troop deployments abroad include:
-- Afghanistan: 21 artillery trainers supporting OEF. The sixth
deployment since 2003 will begin in mid October. This is the
largest deployment; previous deployments have been about a dozen
trainers. The deployment length is six months.
-- Sierra Leone: 250 soldiers under UN command, guarding the
international war crimes tribunal. The second six month rotation
began in July.
-- Belgium, en route to Kosovo: A 32-troop team left two days ago
to begin two months of training in Belgium, which will be followed
by a three month deployment alongside Belgian soldiers in the NATO
peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. This is Mongolia's second
deployment to Kosovo; the first deployment of 36 soldiers began a
six month rotation in late 2005.
3. In addition, the Mongolian military has discussed deploying 100
troops to Afghanistan under Turkish command. At the October 3
ceremony, the acting chief of the Peacekeeping Operations Department
in Mongolia's Armed Forces (MAF) told Economic/Political Chief that
this was now under consideration for sometime next year. The MAF
had proposed a rotation this year, he said, but delays in
consideration at the political level in the government had pushed
back the possible deployment date.
Goldbeck
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR PREL KPKO MG IZ AF YI SL TU BE
SUBJECT: 7th Rotation of Mongolian Troops Departs for Iraq
1. One hundred Mongolian troops departed today for Iraq, where they
will provide force protection at Camp Echo for Polish troops in the
Multinational Force. The six month deployment is Mongolia's 7th
rotation of troops to Iraq since 2003. The dawn departure ceremony
was attended by the Charge, and presided over by the Vice Defense
Minister and Deputy Chief of General Staff (note: both the Minister
and Chief of Staff are out of the country).
2. As well as Iraq, Mongolia's other current or upcoming
peacekeeping troop deployments abroad include:
-- Afghanistan: 21 artillery trainers supporting OEF. The sixth
deployment since 2003 will begin in mid October. This is the
largest deployment; previous deployments have been about a dozen
trainers. The deployment length is six months.
-- Sierra Leone: 250 soldiers under UN command, guarding the
international war crimes tribunal. The second six month rotation
began in July.
-- Belgium, en route to Kosovo: A 32-troop team left two days ago
to begin two months of training in Belgium, which will be followed
by a three month deployment alongside Belgian soldiers in the NATO
peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. This is Mongolia's second
deployment to Kosovo; the first deployment of 36 soldiers began a
six month rotation in late 2005.
3. In addition, the Mongolian military has discussed deploying 100
troops to Afghanistan under Turkish command. At the October 3
ceremony, the acting chief of the Peacekeeping Operations Department
in Mongolia's Armed Forces (MAF) told Economic/Political Chief that
this was now under consideration for sometime next year. The MAF
had proposed a rotation this year, he said, but delays in
consideration at the political level in the government had pushed
back the possible deployment date.
Goldbeck