Cambodia sends 4th batch of troops to Lebanon for U.N. peacekeeping mission
Cambodia on Tuesday dispatched the fourth batch of 184 soldiers to Lebanon to replace the third batch’s forces, whose one-year United Nations peacekeeping duties have come to an end. The civil engineering group would perform their one-year duties by clearing landmines, constructing roads, bridges, shelters and defense posts, producing drinking water, and providing medical treatment to Lebanese civilians, Gen. Pol Saroeun, Commander-in- Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, said at the send-off ceremony at the capital’s Military Airbase. … The Southeast Asian nation firstly sent troops overseas in the framework of the U.N. Peacekeeping Operations in 2006. Since then, it has deployed more than 1,600 peacekeepers in Sudan, South Sudan, Chad, the Central Africa, and Lebanon. Most of them have ended their missions and returned home, except those in South Sudan and Lebanon. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said last month that the country would also offer troops to the conflict-torn West African nation of Mali for the first time in early next year. Lt. Gen. Sem Sovanny, director-general of the Cambodian National Center for Peacekeeping Force, has said some 298 troops will be sent to Mali where they work in mine clearance and civil engineering. …
Xinhuanet News Staff
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