Central African Republic: Council agrees on a future CSDP mission to support security sector reform

Summary:

The Council of the European Union adopted on 21 November 2019 the crisis management concept for a new civilian CSDP Advisory Mission in the Central African Republic (EUAM RCA).

Further information:

The mission aims to support the reform of the internal security forces and to provide advice to national authorities at the strategic level. It is intended at supporting authorities in mitigating the internal security challenges. The mission is to coordinate closely with the military EU Training Mission (EUTM RCA), the UN MINUSCA mission and the international community.

The adoption of a crisis management concept is the first step in launching a new CSDP mission, after which preparations for deployment should begin.

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