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Monday, 30 May 2016

Fiji to reduce its MFO contingent in Sinai

Fiji to pull MFO peacekeepers from Sinai amid security concerns; U.S. and Columbia may follow suit: Fiji announced it is pulling “about 65 of the 300-plus peacekeepers” from its contingent in the Multinational Force & Observers (MFO) stationed in Sinai, according to the Associated Press. “Commander Humphery Tawake, who heads the South Pacific nation’s foreign peacekeeping force, said Fiji was asked to scale down its presence by the leaders of the international peacekeeping operation in Egypt” amid security concerns. Fiji has the third largest largest contingent at the MFO operations in Sinai, behind the US and Colombia, which Tawake said are also planning to reduce troop numbers. He added that the decision came from the MFO headquarters directly, but the exact reduction to the Fijian contingent is yet to be finalised.

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