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Montevideo, July 26th 2025 - 12:16 UTC

Tag: UN peacekeeping troops

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 16:45 UTC

    Relief operation of DRC Uruguayan blue helmets underway

    Some 200 troops are arriving at Carrasco on a chartered Ethiopian Airlines flight from Rwanda (Pic Ejercito de Uruguay)

    Uruguay is carrying out on Friday a troop relief operation for its United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Approximately 200 Uruguayan soldiers from the Uruguay IV Battalion are arriving at Carrasco International Airport at 6.35 am on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Rwanda. President Yamandú Orsi and Defense Minister Sandra Lazo will welcome them.

  • Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Uruguayan troops returning from Congo on July 3

    Lubetkin returned from the United States on Friday after taks with Guterres and other UN officials

    The Uruguayan Government of President Yamandú Orsi arranged with the United Nations (UN) that the peacekeeping troops from the South American country, numbering between 190 and 200, would be returning from their mission in Congo on July 3, Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin announced Friday in Montevideo.

  • Friday, February 7th 2025 - 08:46 UTC

    Relief for Uruguayan troops in Congo arranged

    The Uruguayan Army will also bring back the body of KIA soldier Rodolfo Álvarez

    Uruguayan troops stationed in Congo as part of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco) are hoping to be relieved by Feb. 17, it was reported Thursday in Montevideo. Relatives of those still in Africa held telephone conversations with their loved ones on Thursday and confirmed the changeover date to local media.

  • Tuesday, February 4th 2025 - 05:24 UTC

    G7 members condemn Rwanda backed offensive in East Congo and attack on UN peacekeeping effort

    “G7 Foreign Ministers call for the rapid, safe and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for civilians and reiterate humanitarian personnel must be provided assurances of safety.

    Seven foreign ministers gave a statement condemning the Rwanda-backed M23 offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the capture of Minova, Saké and Goma, endangering civilians and attacking UN peace keeping forces. Uruguayan forces, which are part of the UN peace keeping efforts, have suffered several casualties.

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

    Uruguay on mpox alert despite no cases reported yet

    Montevideo will particularly monitor Uruguay's peacekeeping forces in Congo, where the main outbreak was reported, Rando said

    Uruguay's Public Health Ministry is permanently monitoring the possibility of a monkeypox outbreak in the South American country but so far no cases have been detected, Minister Karina Rando explained Thursday during a press conference in Montevideo.

  • Thursday, October 12th 2023 - 09:35 UTC

    Uruguayan troops bound for Golan Heights

    García said the annual relief was scheduled before the war broke out

    A Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) Hercules C-130 transport aircraft departed Wednesday carrying some 200 troops to be deployed in the Golan Heights, on the border between Israel and Syria, for a United Nations peacekeeping mission, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Monday, October 9th 2023 - 09:03 UTC

    Uruguayan troops in Middle East not affected by war

    Uruguayan military personnel in those areas have been ordered to remain in their units and their movements have been restricted

    Uruguayan authorities reported Sunday that the South American country's peacekeeping troops in the Middle East were not affected by the Hamas attacks against Israel over the weekend. The Uruguayan Army troops deployed in Syria (UNDOF mission) and Egypt (MFO mission) are not involved and are in perfect condition, the Defense Ministry said in Montevideo.

  • Monday, April 17th 2023 - 22:51 UTC

    More killings in eastern Congo; Uruguay might withdraw its member of UN peace keeping forces

    Although the Uruguayan army reported no attacks on its troops, the Uruguayan government has been thinking of withdrawing forces given the endemic recurrence of violent incidents

    Dozens of people were killed in attacks on villages in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a civil society organization said Saturday. Local sources blamed the attacks on the CODECO militants, saying they attacked at least three villages, around 60 kilometers from the provincial capital of Bunia.

  • Friday, August 5th 2022 - 08:13 UTC

    US Congressional team meets with Paraguayan Defense Minister

    The lawmakers were interested in training facilities for Paraguayan troops carrying out UN peacekeeping operations with US funding

    Lawmakers from the United States met Thursday in Asunción with Paraguay's Defense Minister Bernardino Soto Estigarribia to discuss matters of mutual interest, one day ahead of their encounter with President Mario Abdo Benítez at the López Palace.

  • Monday, August 1st 2022 - 08:15 UTC

    Two killed unprovokedly by UN peacekeepers in Congo

    The nationalities of the shooters have not been disclosed, but Guterres was appalled by the incident (Pic Europaperss)

    Congolese authorities have taken action Sunday after two people were killed by fire stemming from the United Nations peacekeeping forces stationed in the violence-torn African country, it was announced Sunday.

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