The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) paid tribute on Tuesday to the two Moroccan peacekeepers who died on Sunday in Bangassou, in the east of the Central African Republic.
MINUSCA extended its condolences in a tweet to their families and to the Kingdom of Morocco, adding that “the peacekeepers’ remains will soon be repatriated to Morocco.”
Morocco has deployed 750 peacekeepers in the southeastern Central African Republic since 2014, and is providing military observers and staff officers to support MINUSCA in its mission to bring stability and peace to the region.
The members of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) under the banner of UN missions have been making significant and widely celebrated sacrifices in order to achieve security and stability, especially in hotbeds of tension and international conflict points.
The Moroccan blue berets within UN forces have shown an effective and efficient contribution since the beginning of their participation in UN missions in xx.
The Moroccan Expedition has for several years been carrying out initiatives to support the local population, especially with regard to health services thanks to the level 2 hospital of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Bunia (west of the country), which Morocco set up in 2003.
During 2015, the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire announced the death of three Moroccan Blue Berets in a traffic accident that occurred on January 27, five kilometers from Gilo, west of the country.
In 2017, two Moroccan peacekeepers were killed in the city of Bengasso, in the southeast of the Central African Republic, in a new ambush by anti-balaka militias. UN Secretary Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, also in Bangassou, paid tribute to the Moroccan peacekeepers that died.
By 2021, an approximate 752 Moroccan peacekeepers and three military observers were awarded medals for their contribution to peace-building.
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