A Japan-backed demining course for Cambodian peacekeeping forces has come to an end after a two-month theoretical and on-field training, according to a press release from Japanese embassy to Cambodia on Monday.
The course, under the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Education and Training Cooperation Project, is conducted by the Japanese Ministry of Defense and the Japan Self-Defense Forces for 15 trainees from the Royal Cambodia Armed Forces, it said.
"The overall objective of this cooperation is to enhance the capacity for Cambodian troops in the area of United Nations Peacekeeping Operation," the press release said.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Tea Banh and Japanese ambassador to Cambodia Yuji Kumamaru will preside over a closing ceremony on Wednesday at the Institute of Peacekeeping Force, Mine and Explosive Remnants of War Clearance in Kampong Speu province.
Cambodian troops firstly joined the UN Peacekeeping Forces in April 2006. Since then, the country had sent troops to Sudan, Chad, Central Africa and Lebanon for demining and humanitarian activities.
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