Chuck Hagel, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, has ordered for American forces "to begin transporting forces from Burundi to the Central African Republic," following a request from France, his spokesman said in a statement. France deployed 1,600 troops to the war ravaged nation last week, and began to remove weapons on Monday.
The U.N. Security Council also unanimously approved the deployment of African and French troops, and also voted to impose an arms embargo on the nation last week.
The France-led Security Council resolution "authorized an African Union-led peacekeeping force to intervene with the support of French forces to protect civilians, restore humanitarian access and stabilize the country," CNN reported.
The French army said it has restored some stability by Monday night.
"There are no longer armed groups patrolling the city. Very quickly we realized that these groups had left their positions in their great majority," said Col. Gilles Jaron, the military spokesman.
France said that the African Union would increase the size of its existing force of 2,500 peacekeepers to 6,000, in a statement last Saturday.
