US Donates IT Equipment To Ministry of Defense

The U.S. Embassy donated more than 300 laptops and other assorted equipment valued at over $250,000 to the Ministry of Defense on Saturday, according to an embassy statement. The equipment will go to the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces' priority units, which already receive training from the U.S., according to a statement released on Friday. ... "The Ministry did request this equipment. The Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program is a joint program whereby the Cambodian government puts in certain requests and we seek how to appropriately accommodate," Mr. McIntosh [the U.S. Embassy spokesman] said in an email. ...