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01-07-2005 18:51

At 16:30 on January 5, a Boeing 747 aircraft touched down on the Taoxian Airport in Shenyang City, and China’s first batch of peacekeeping engineer group returned home with honor after successfully accomplished its peacekeeping mission in Liberia.

The peacekeeping engineer group was set up on November 20, 2003, and arrived in Liberia on April 7, 2004, where 274 officers and men of the group were divided into three teams to undertake rush repair tasks of roads and bridges on three trunk highways in Liberia. During their 9-month stint in Liberia, they overcame numerous difficulties such as language barriers and sweltering weather, etc., and had successfully rush repaired 585 km of highways, built 127 km of road in muddy areas, built three steel bridges and 18 wooden bridges, providing strong support for the smooth implementation of the UN disarmament plan and humanitarian assistance in Liberia.

Thanks to their outstanding performance, the UN official awarded them “UN Honorary Medals ” in recognition of their excellent contributions.

 

Editor:Du Xiaodan