01/07/2019 (Agence Europe) – French Brigadier General Eric Peltier has been appointed EU Mission Force Commander of the European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA), as of 8 July 2019, according to the Official Journal of the European Union edition of 1 July. He replaces Portuguese Brigadier General Hermínio Teodoro Maio, who has been in office since January 2018. Launched in 2016, EUTM RCA contributes to security sector reform in the Central African Republic by providing strategic advice to the Central African Republic's Ministry of Defence and the General Staff, as well as gives courses to officers and non-commissioned officers and training for Central African Armed Forces (FACA) units. (CG)