# Tunisia extends MINUSMA deployment

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2021/03/tunisia-extends-minusma-deployment/
- Published: 2021-03-28T13:16:00+01:00
- Author: Kazim Abdul

The Tunisian Parliament has approved the extension of its military aviation deployment
in Mali.

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Members of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR), voted early last month to
extend the deployment of a military aviation unit in Mali and to send a helicopter
unit to the Central African Republic (CAR) under United Nations.

113 MPs voted for, while 1 MP voted against and 5 abstained for the extension of
the mission.

![](military.africa/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tunisia-c-130-minusma.jpg)

Personnel of Tunisia’s Air Transport Unit in MINUSMA (Tunisian MOD)

last year November, Speakers of the Tunisian Parliament today [approved the decision to send Tunisian troops to the Central African Republic.](https://www.military.africa/2021/03/tunisia-extends-minusma-deployment/military.africa/2020/11/tunisia-to-deploy-helicopters-troops-to-un-minusca)
Tunisia will contribute to the UN mission three helicopters, and 120 troops (including
pilots and technicians) and a team of Special Forces.

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While the Malian Quick Reaction Force is made of [around 750 Tunisian special operations troops deployed to Mali](https://www.military.africa/2021/03/tunisia-extends-minusma-deployment/military.africa/2019/01/tunisian-air-force-to-deploy-c-130-hercules-transport-750-troops-to-mali)
as part of Tunisia’s contribution to the UN mission. The contingent is supported
by a C-130H Hercules transport aircraft.

The QRF unit is in charge of security and escorting of movements, aerial reconnaissance
and medical evacuation within the framework of missions assigned to MINUSCA.

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