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O'Dea travels to Chad to visit troops
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
The Defence Minister Willie O'Dea is travelling to Chad today to visit Irish troops serving in the African country.
During the three-day trip he will be briefed on the current political situation by senior UN officials and political leaders in the capital N'Djamena.
He will also hold talks with senior NGO personnel about the humanitarian situation.
The Irish troops are responsible for securing the areas around the refugee camps between Chad and Sudan which house over 40,000 people who fled the conflict in Darfur.
Minister O'Dea will be accompanied on the trip by the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces Lt General Dermot Earley.
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