EURASIA Deploys a Company

OE Watch Commentary: The government of Kazakhstan has discussed Source: “Как миротворцы Казахстана готовятся к deploying a unit on a UN peacekeeping mission for several years, but only sent миссии в Ливане (How the peacekeepers of Kazakhstan individual observers to a couple of missions in Africa. As the accompanying are preparing for the mission to ),” Tengri News, excerpted article reports, a company of Kazakh peacekeepers is now making 3 August 2018. https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/ final preparations for a deployment in support of the Interim kak-mirotvortsyi-kazahstana-gotovyatsya-k-missii-v- Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and there are a couple of important things to note. livane-350779/ The article comes from the Russian-language version of Tengri News, a news The company of Kazakhstan’s peacekeepers continues website in Kazakhstan, and it mentions how “the training of Kazakhstan’s intensively training before deploying for the mission to ‘Blue helmets’ is being handled by experienced officers of the Indian Lebanon…The training of Kazakhstan’s “Blue helmets” peacekeeping contingent of the UN.” The UNIFIL deployment is scheduled to is being handled by experienced officers of the Indian begin sometime in September-October and the Kazakh company will be under peacekeeping contingent of the UN…Each of them has a an Indian command. The article also mentions how “Kazakhstan took part in number of years of experience in Lebanon… peacekeeping in from 2003 to 2010,” though it does not mention that this “The training includes the general provisions and structure upcoming deployment will draw a company from Kazakhstan’s Peacekeeping of the UN, and the particular aspects of the peacekeeping Battalion (KAZBAT). According to previous reports, KAZBAT’s mission in mission in Lebanon…The company of Kazakh peacekeepers Iraq actually ended in 2008. Regardless, the Kazakh government considered will leave for Lebanon in the fall. Previously, the “blue it a valuable experience for the overall development of the battalion and the helmets” of Kazakhstan took part in peacekeeping in Iraq UNIFIL deployment marks another step in the government of Kazakhstan’s from 2003 to 2010 (sic)… efforts to be more involved in international peacekeeping missions. End OE Watch Commentary (Stein) “The training of Kazakhstan’s ‘Blue helmets’ is being handled by experienced officers of the Indian peacekeeping contingent of the UN.”

Compendium of Central Asian Military and Security Activity By Matthew Stein Since Central Asian states gained independence in 1991, new regional military and security alliances have been created (some of which are Russian- led), new military partnerships with non-NATO countries have been established, a number of joint military exercises have been conducted, over a dozen high-profile incidents of violence and civil unrest have taken place, and military installations have been used by foreign militaries. While this activity gained attention, it has not been collectively compiled. A compilation of this activity can serve as a guide for current and future military and security involvement in Central Asia. https://community.apan.org/wg/tradoc-g2/fmso/m/fmso-monographs/194880

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