President Iohannis informs Chamber on SPP team mission to Libya

A team of the Protection and Guard Service (SPP), made up of 12 servicemen, will participate for one year in a mission in Libya under the aegis of the United Nations, President Klaus Iohannis informs in a letter to Deputies' Chamber Speaker Valeriu Zgonea. 

"Based on and in accordance with law 121/2011 on the participation of armed forces to missions and operations outside the territory of the Romanian state, I have approved Romania's Government Prime Minister's proposal concerning the conduct of a protection mission of the special representative of the UN secretary general, the chief of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, his deputy and other UN high officials, during their presence in the area, by a team of the Protection and Guard Service made up of 12 servicemen on an initial 12-month period, which can be extended until the UN Secretariat notifies on the cessation of the SPP participation in this mission," reads President Iohannis' letter. 

The funds required for Romania's participation in the mission are provided by the UN, with the Protection and Guard Service paying the team's wages according to the legislation in force in Romania. 

Chamber Secretary Niculae Mircovici on Monday, at the end of a Standing Bureau meeting, said that the letter will be made public at a plenary session. AGERPRES