Chinese peace keeping officers and soldiers in Congo (DRC) were awarded the United Nations Peace Medal of honor

According to the PLA Daily, Bukavu, Congo (DRC) on August 20, local time, the 23rd batch of Chinese peacekeeping forces to Congo (DRC) held a decoration ceremony, and all 218 officers and soldiers were awarded the “Peace Medal of honor” of the United Nations. The 23rd batch of Chinese peacekeeping forces to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is composed of 175 engineers and 43 medical personnel. It is planned to complete the peacekeeping mission and return to the motherland in mid September this year. The novel coronavirus pneumonia is affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic situation. < p > < p > since they were deployed to the mission area at the end of September last year, the officers and soldiers of the engineering unit have overcome the difficulties of frequent local armed conflicts and epidemic situation, completed 51 engineering tasks with high standards, built and maintained more than 60 kilometers of roads, destroyed more than 1700 ammunition of various types, hoisted 257 containers, and participated in more than 30 humanitarian operations For tasks such as epidemic prevention and control, a number of recommendations on the optimization of prevention and treatment were adopted by the mission and extended to peacekeeping forces of countries in the mission area. < p > < p > at present, the epidemic situation in Africa is still grim. Officers and soldiers stick to their positions and perform their duties faithfully. With their exquisite technology, strict discipline and fine style of work, they have won high praise from the troops in the mission area, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the local people. < / P > < p > “in the epidemic situation, we should stick to the war position and safeguard peace for the mission. The medal is the biggest praise to us, is the honor, is the motive force. In the rest of the time, we will continue to stand on good posts, on duty, to complete every task Hou Yong, commander of China’s 23rd peacekeeping force to Congo, said.