Japan on Tuesday approved a plan to send its troops to South Sudan on a U.N. peacekeeping mission.
The move to send troops for rescue missions in the world’s youngest nation comes amid critics of Japan embroiling her soldiers fighting overseas since World War Two.
The troops are expected to be dispatched to South Sudan from November 20, 2016.
According to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe while addressing a parliamentary committee on Tuesday, "South Sudan cannot assure its peace and stability on its own and for that very reason, a U.N. peacekeeping operation is being conducted,"
A civil conflict erupted in South Sudan in December 2013, President Salva Kiir and his rival, former vice president Riek Machar signed, a peace deal in August 2015 in an effort to halt the fighting.
The signed peace deal has since collapsed after forces loyal to Machar attack government troops.
Machar left Juba and since then sporadic clashes continues.
