UN official thanks S. Korea for helicopter donation to Kenya for peacekeeping operations
WASHINGTON — A senior United Nations official expressed gratitude to South Korea on Friday for donating eight military helicopters to Kenya to support U.N. peacekeeping operations. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, U.N. under-secretary-general for peace operations, made the remarks in a post on X following a ceremony marking the handover of eight refurbished MD 500 Defender helicopters to Kenya. "Grateful to…
On Friday, a top United Nations official thanked South Korea for donating eight military helicopters to Kenya to bolster U.N. peacekeeping operations. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, U.N. under-secretary-general for peace operations, made the comments on X after a ceremony commemorating the handover of the refurbished helicopters. Lacroix expressed gratitude to the Republic of Korea for enhancing U.N. peacekeeping's air mobility.
The helicopters, refurbished with U.S. support, were transferred to Kenya. The donation underscores how U.N. member states invest in peace. South Korea had promised to provide choppers for U.N. peacekeeping missions across Africa during a U.N. peacekeeping ministerial meeting in Seoul in 2021. The U.S. committed to conducting maintenance on the helicopters and assisting in their transport to Kenya.
After being decommissioned, the helicopters underwent repairs and refurbishment in the U.S. for around two years before arriving in Kenya last month.
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