Jakarta, Oct. 19 -- Indonesian peacekeepers will play a decisive role in stabilizing the Central African Republic as it seeks to extend state authority and bring armed groups into the peace process, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday.

Speaking to Indonesian military personnel preparing to deploy to the UN mission in the Central African Republic, at the Peacekeeping Mission Centre in Sentul, West Java, he said the mission was critical to restoring stability.

The troops' mission would be decisive in fully stabilizing the country, Guterres said, adding that the mission would be critical to ensuring state institutions function nationwide and remaining armed groups are progressively integrated into the peace process.

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