Parliament approves decision to send Ukrainian peacekeepers from Liberia to Ivory Coast

KYIV, July 6 /UKRINFORM/. The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has approved the Ukrainian president's decision to send Ukrainian peacekeepers to Ivory Coast from the Ukrainian contingent operating in the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).

Lawmakers adopted a respective law on Friday, according to the Verkhovna Rada's information department.

The main tasks of Ukraine's peacekeeping contingent in Ivory Coast will not go beyond the tasks specified during the sending of the aviation unit to UNMIL, in particular, aerial reconnaissance and surveillance, the transportation of the mission's staff, air support for UN troops, patrolling and medical evacuation, as well as the protection of civilians who are under an imminent threat of physical violence.

The activity associated with Ukraine's participation in cross-border operations as part of cooperation between the UN Mission in Liberia and the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire will be financed from Ukraine's state budget, with the further recovery of these funds by the United Nations.

On July 5, the parliament approved the decision to send Ukrainian peacekeepers to Congo.