YEREVAN. – A 65-member Armenian peacekeeping unit traveled to Germany on Sunday, and to participate in the NATO-led mission as part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.

Prior to their deployment to Afghanistan, however, these Armenian peacekeepers will attend three- to four-week training courses and pre-deployment exercises in Germany. Subsequently, they will head for Camp Marmal in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, where, as part of the German Armed Forces in Afghanistan, they will guard the airport in Mazar-i-Sharif, and the ISAF military base.

The peacekeeping unit, which will conduct a six-month service in Afghanistan, was officially sent off from Zvartnots International Airport of the Armenian capital city of Yerevan.