EU ministers to back sending force to Central African Republic


  • World
  • Saturday, 18 Jan 2014

A woman walks past French peacekeeping troops in a street of the capital Bangui January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers are expected to agree on Monday to send up to 1,000 soldiers to help stabilise Central African Republic, the EU's first major army operation in six years, EU officials said on Friday.

The intervention by the 28-nation bloc comes after a senior U.N. official warned on Thursday of the risk of genocide in Central African Republic without a more robust international response to communal bloodshed.

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