Overview

• Around 40–50 CRPF officers with prior deployments in Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast, and UN peacekeeping missions have been selected for the Tripoli assignment.
• The team will assume armed security and internal safety duties at the embassy, which resumed full operations in July 2024 after a five-year closure.
• Formal approvals from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of External Affairs must be secured before the contingent departs.
• CRPF has been protecting India’s embassy in Baghdad since 2019, applying lessons in force protection and risk mitigation.
• Libya’s division between eastern and western administrations continues to pose a volatile security environment for foreign diplomatic missions.