Spain takes measures to minimize risk to its peacekeepers

  • 12/15/2022
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Madrid, June 28, SPA -- The death of six of Spain's peacekeepers in Lebanon on Sunday has prompted Madrid to change its military plans in an attempt to minimize risks to soldiers participating in internationalmissions, media reported Thursday. Spain has suspended the dispatch of 50 military instructors to Afghanistan, where it has a contingent of nearly 700 soldiers as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The government also said it was immediately sending four armoured personnel carriers equipped with explosion-preventing devices to Lebanon. Spanish troops were to limit their movements until a total of about 30 vehicles had been equipped with mechanisms known as frequency inhibitors, which block explosions set off by remote control.--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/463089

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