Thursday, January 17, 2013

Departure of the first Belgian soldiers to Abidjan

They left around 11:00 Melsbroek military airport aboard the Airbus A330 used by the Belgian army to Abidjan.

A first group of 35 Belgian soldiers involved in the operation Serval led France to Mali to combat armed Islamist groups flew Wednesday morning to Côte d'Ivoire, where they will implement two aircraft C-130 transport "Hercules". They left around 11:00 Melsbroek military airport aboard the Airbus A330 used by the Belgian army to Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire, following the decision of the Council of Ministers restricted to participate in the French operation with two C-130 and two helicopters Agusta A109 for medical evacuation missions.


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