Islamabad, Aug 04: The United Nations has asked Pakistan to send its troops to Liberia to assist the international peacekeeping force to bring normalcy to the war-torn country. According to the diplomatic sources, Pakistan has already received the request for sending the troops to Liberia and Islamabad is willing to accept the request, a daily reported today.
Islamabad is ready to dispatch its peacekeeping units to Liberia and Georgia as approved by the UN Security Council, the report diplomatic sources as saying. In Liberia, rebels from the LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) have been besieging Monrovia for weeks and more bloodshed is feared ahead of President Charles Taylor's stepping down on August 11. According to the report, Pakistan has once again reminded the US that it may not send troops to Iraq without UN sanction. Bureau Report