“The U.S. is keen on undertaking joint training of South East Asian countries in the U.N. peacekeeping and discussions are under way,” an official source said on Friday. It has troop deployment in Lebanon, Golan Heights, Congo and South Sudan in addition to staff officers in other missions. India has also set up two field hospitals in South Sudan and one in Congo. “We have offered them [Bhutan] to join the mission in South Sudan but they want to be part of the mission in Lebanon. The first batch of 200 personnel from the contingent to South Sudan is scheduled to leave on November 27.

Source: The Hindu November 15, 2020 11:41 UTC