Cambodia hosts first multilateral operational training exercise on mine clearance


Cambodia is hosting the first multinational operational exercise at the Humanitarian Mine Action Field within the framework of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus under the theme “Pure Homeland-2023”. The first-of-its-kind multinational event, which will last for 10 days, began on September 13 at the National Peacekeeping Forces Training Centre in Phnom Sruoch district of Kampong Speu province, with the participation of 450 officers and soldiers from 14 countries. General Sem Sovanny, Vice Chairman of the National Committee and Director General of Cambodia’s National Peacekeeping Training Centre, said that though the centre has hosted several events, it is for the time that it is hosting an international training exercise on humanitarian mine action field.

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Source: Vietnam+