The European Union's peacekeeping force for Chad and the Central African Republic resumed its deployment on Tuesday after fighting in Chad died down, EU officials confirmed according to DPA. "Today at 2 pm local time (1300 GMT), the force's deployment started again with the arrival of a military transport aircraft in Abeche," a statement from the European Council of member states said. "The arrival marks the effective resumption of the deployment of EUFOR-Chad/CAR, and will be followed in the days to come by other arrivals in N'Djamena and Abeche," the statement said. EU foreign ministers on January 28 ordered the launch of the EUFOR mission, which is intended to provide security for refugee camps along the border with the war-torn Sudanese province of Darfur. The decision was made after months of wrangling, with member states arguing over how many troops and what equipment each should send. Current plans put the force at 3,700, of whom 2,000 are French.
