248 Fijian soldiers to be deployed to two missions in Iraq and Lebanon

By Lena Reece

Wednesday 11/10/2017

Fijian peacekeepers

248 Fijian soldiers will be deployed to the two missions in Iraq and Lebanon in the last quarter of the year.

74 will be deployed to Iraq while 174 will be deployed to Lebanon.

While speaking at the RFMF closing address at Black Rock Camp in Votualevu, Nadi, Captain Jone Dugu says the mission in Lebanon will include fifteen females from the Fiji Corrections Service as well as the RFMF.

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