India to dispatch helicopter unit to Mali

India will send a helicopter unit to the UN peacekeeping operations in Mali (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, or Minusma), which is facing a crisis as several countries have withdrawn or announced plans to withdraw from it, according to a UN spokesperson.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Wednesday that the unit from India will “provide much-needed support to our forces and are critical ... to protect civilians”.