27.06.2025.
Send-off ceremony for the contingent of the Serbian Armed Forces deploying to peacekeeping mission in Lebanon
A military ceremony marking the sending off of the new Serbian Armed Forces contingent to the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Lebanon has been held at the Bačka barracks in Bačka Topola today.
The contingent consists of an infantry company from the 1st Army Brigade, staff officers and a group of specialists in charge of providing support. It will be deployed in the Sector East of the United Nations peacekeeping operation and will perform responsible peacekeeping tasks in this Middle Eastern country.Before being deployed to the mission, members of the Serbian Armed Forces underwent comprehensive preparations and several months of training at the Serbian Armed Forces training grounds and training areas, in order to be fully prepared for the deployment to the peacekeeping operation. In Lebanon, they will take over the duty from the Serbian Armed Forces members who have successfully executed all assigned tasks in accordance in accordance with the mission’s mandate over the past six months.
The ceremony was attended by representatives of the General Staff and the Serbian Armed Forces units, local government bodies and religious communities, as well as relatives and friends of the soldiers and officers who are to deploy to the mission.The Serbian Armed Forces’ contribution to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon began in 2010, and in addition to the contingent in Sector East, a force protection platoon of the Serbian Armed Forces is currently deployed in Sector West.
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