The Cabinet on Friday approved a mission to send two Ground Self-Defense Force officers to Sudan to take part in U.N. peacekeeping operations.
"The dispatch of the two officers will not only advance ties between Japan and Sudan, but will contribute to installing security and peace in the region," Foreign Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone told reporters.
The dispatch is based on a request by the United Nations. The two officers, who will be unarmed, will carry out nonmilitary tasks, including database management and transportation scheduling, at the U.N Mission in Sudan headquarters in Khartoum.