Canada To Deploy Troops, Helicopters To Help UN In Mali

Canada will deploy an infantry unit and military trainers along with attack and transport helicopters to Mali for 12 months in support of an ongoing UN peacekeeping mission, the government announced Monday.

Ottawa, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Mar, 2018 ) :Canada will deploy an infantry unit and military trainers along with attack and transport helicopters to Mali for 12 months in support of an ongoing UN peacekeeping mission, the government announced Monday.

"The task force will include two Chinook helicopters to provide much-needed transport and logistics capability, as well as four armed Griffin helicopters for armed escort and protection," Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan told a press conference, adding that a date for the deployment has yet to be decided.

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, meanwhile, said the unit would include women soldiers.