Cambodia has cleared and released 3,297 square km of land contaminated by all forms of explosive ordnances in the last 32 years, benefiting millions of rural people, a senior official said on Thursday.
Ly Thuch, a senior minister and first vice president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), said that from 1992 to 2024, more than 1.19 million anti-personnel mines, 26,567 anti-tank mines, and 3.19 million other explosive remnants of war (ERWs) had been found and destroyed. “Cambodia still has 1,576 square km of land contaminated by all forms of explosive ordnances, of which 348 square km are contaminated by anti-personnel mines,” he added.
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Source: Xinhua News
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