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KATHMANDU, July 11: The government on Thursday decided to send 260 Nepal Army (NA) personnel on a UN peace keeping mission in Syria.



A cabinet meeting held at Singha Durbar approved a proposal to deploy NA personnel in the war-ravaged nation as per the request by the UN. Talking to the media persons after the meeting, Minister for Information and Communications Madhav Poudel said the government will send the NA personnel in two phases. [break]



While a contingent of 130 personnel will be sent within this month, another team of 130 personnel will reach there in September. The meeting also decided to appoint Dhir Bahadur Chand as a judge of the Labor Court on the recommendation by the Law Service Commission. He was previously serving as a registrar at the Special Court. According to Minister Poudel, the meeting approved the approach paper on the next three-year plan.



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