KIGALI, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- At least 270 troops of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Saturday departed for a rotational peacekeeping mission in Juba, South Sudan.
The contingent is part of a battalion of 920 troops of the mechanized infantry to serve under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), said Innocent Munyengango, a spokesperson of the ministry of defence, at an event to see off the troops.
The troops, expected to serve a one year mission, will serve in the regional protection force, with a main mandate to protect Juba residents and their property, Munyengango told reporters at Kigali International Airport in the capital city of Kigali.
He urged the troops to maintain discipline in order to meet their mission objective.
Rwanda has over 2,300 UN peacekeeping troops in South Sudan and maintains more than 6,000 UN peacekeeping troops in various countries including Sudan and Central African Republic, said RDF last August.
