Spain rings in the changes for UNIFIL Sector East
Command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon’s (UNIFIL) Sector East on Tuesday was transferred from Spanish General Ricardo Alvarez-Espejo to General Casimiro San Juan, the commander of the Badajoz Brigade.
The transfer ceremony, held at the head office of the UNIFIL Sector East in Marjayoun, was attended by UNIFIL Commander Major General Claudio Graziano, Spanish Ambassador to Lebanon Juan Carlos Gafo and several Lebanese military, religious and social figures.
The new brigade is the 10th Spanish battalion since Spain’s integration into UNIFIL in September 2006. Tuesday’s transfer ceremony is to be the last of its kind before UNIFIL’s commandment is transferred to Spanish Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas on January 28, 2010.