UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday welcomed the pledges made by countries including China on rapid deployment of peacekeeping operations.
A UN peacekeeping defense ministerial meeting was held in London on Thursday. In support of UN's initiative of setting up a "vanguard brigade" of 4,000 rapid deployable troops, China said it will make part of its 8,000 rapid deployable troops meet the Level II readiness requirement of 60 days.
Ban said he is "particularly encouraged" by the pledges related to rapid deployment to maintain units at a high level of readiness, according to a statement released by his spokesperson.
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