Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a decree to send a Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent to the Republic of South Sudan and the Abyei Area, a disputed region on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, according to the Web site of the president.
"[Ukraine is] to send up to 60 servicemen (of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Interior Ministry's agencies) for Ukraine's participation in the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan and in the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei," reads decree No. 446/2012 signed by the President on July 6.
In addition, Yanukovych signed a law to send the 100-strong Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent from Liberia to participate in the United Nations Operation in Ivory Coast by the date determined by the UN Security Council.
The president took relevant decision given Ukraine's commitments as a member of the UN, the request of the UN Secretariat, and assuming that sending the peacekeeping personnel will contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security, as well as in order to meet the national interests of the state, according to the decrees.
As reported, on July 6 the Verkhovna Rada has approved Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to send Ukrainian peacekeepers from Liberia to Ivory Coast.
