GSDF team head meets with U.N. mission chief in E. Timor

GSDF team head meets with U.N. mission chief in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - Sergio Vieira de Mello (L), chief of the United Nations mission in East Timor, shakes hands with Col. Shoichi Ogawa, commander of the first Japanese Engineering Group in East Timor, at the U.N. mission's office in Dili on March 4. The 24-member advance team of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force arrived in Dili to begin preparations for Japan's participation in a U.N. peacekeeping operation (PKO).

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