Latvia's contingent serving as part of an international peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic (CAR) will return home in November, Defense Minister Raimonds Vejonis said Tuesday morning on LTV.
Despite a request from CAR authorities for the EU mission to the country to be extended by at least three months, the Latvian contingent of 40 troops would be pulled out as planned following Latvia's Independence Day celebrations on November 18, Vejonis said.
Vejonis saw the violence in CAR at close quarters last week when fresh clashes between Muslims and Christians left at least 11 people dead and resulted in his return being delayed from an inspection trip of Latvia's peacekeepers.
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