Minister of State for Defence, Dr.Subhash Bhamre has reaffirmed India’s commitment to the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and confirmed that India will provide troops for United Nations peacekeeping, as pledged by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in New York last year.
Speaking at the Defence Ministers’ meeting in London today, the Minister recalled India’s consistent and substantive response over the past seven decades of United Nations peacekeeping operations. More than 2,30,000 Indian troops have participated in 50 of the 71 United Nations peacekeeping operations mandated by the United Nations Security Council so far. India has also aided in capacity building of many countries, training 114 prospective peacekeepers from 35 countries this year itself; with a special course each for African countries and for female peacekeepers.
