Sri Lanka, Spain, Guatemala, Moroccco troops land in Haiti

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Big News Network.com Sunday 31st October, 2004

Troops from Sri Lanka, Spain and Guatemala have arrived in Haiti, and more are coming from Morocco, to join UN peacekeepers there.

The forces, which arrived on Thursday, comprised 309 Sri Lankan soldiers who deployed immediately to Leogane, in the south of Haiti.

Two hundred troops from Spain and 70 officers from Guatemala are being stationed in the capital, Port-au-Prince.

The Spanish battalion will be joined next week by 160 Moroccan soldiers who will work jointly in Cap Haïtien, located in northern Haiti.

It will be the first time Spanish and Moroccan troops will have formed a joint battalion in support of a UN peacekeeping operation.
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