Japan's GSDF takes over from Pakistan in E. Timor PKOs

SUAI, East Timor - U.N. Peacekeeping Force Commander Lt. Gen. Winai Phattiyakul (R in center) hands a U.N. flag to Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force commander Col. Syoichi Ogawa in a ceremony April 15 in which more than 100 GSDF members stationed in East Timor's Suai region replaced the Pakistan contingent in the U.N. peacekeeping operations in the area.

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