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MFO mission in the Sinai

Based on a request by Egypt and international organisation MFO - Multinational Force & Observers - which supervises the 1979 Treaty of Peace between Egypt and Israel, three military officers of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic serve in the Sinai since November 2009.

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Commander of the 2nd ACR Contingent in the Sinai: 

Lieutenant Colonel Josef Lejsek

Staff is formed by Major Miroslav Lipowski and Captain Jan Stipcak.

The Czech Republic joined the MFO - Multinational Force & Observers - in the Sinai by the CZECHCON (Czech Contingent) formed by three military observers on 17 November 2009.

The Czech staff officers serve at the following positions: Assistant Chief of Staff (Lieutenant Colonel), Deputy Force Protection Information Officer (Major) and Force Engineering Staff Officer (Captain) at the El Gorah base in the north of the Sinai, some 20 kilometres from the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.

The MFO`s mission is to provide force and observers to supervise the implementation of the 1979 Treaty of Peace between Egypt and Israel. The MFO in the Sinai comprises some 1660 military personnel from 12 countries.

Major Kana (commander of the first Czech unit of the 1st ACR Contingent) hoists the Czech flag at the MFO ceremony

 

 

 

 

February 8, 2012