PHNOM PENH, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The United States plans to donate more than 600,000 U.S. dollars in "non-lethal" military aid to Cambodia in 2009, national media on Tuesday quoted U.S. Embassy spokesman as saying.
The United States expects to give 635,000 U.S. dollars in aid toward countering transnational criminal activities, including anti-drug trafficking and demining programs, John Johnson told English-language newspaper the Cambodia Daily.
The aid encompasses an estimated 575,000 U.S. dollars in Foreign Military Funding, which is used to buy vehicles, protective gear as well as medical and communication equipment, and about 60,000 U.S. dollars in International Military Education and Training Funding, which is primarily for English-language education, he added.
The U.S. suspended military aid for Cambodia at the end of last century and lifted the restriction two years ago.
In 2008, it donated 1.5 million U.S. dollars in peacekeeper training, 1 million U.S. dollars in demining assistance, and nearly 3 million U.S. dollars in other humanitarian programs in the kingdom, according to the embassy.
The United States expects to give 635,000 U.S. dollars in aid toward countering transnational criminal activities, including anti-drug trafficking and demining programs, John Johnson told English-language newspaper the Cambodia Daily.
The aid encompasses an estimated 575,000 U.S. dollars in Foreign Military Funding, which is used to buy vehicles, protective gear as well as medical and communication equipment, and about 60,000 U.S. dollars in International Military Education and Training Funding, which is primarily for English-language education, he added.
The U.S. suspended military aid for Cambodia at the end of last century and lifted the restriction two years ago.
In 2008, it donated 1.5 million U.S. dollars in peacekeeper training, 1 million U.S. dollars in demining assistance, and nearly 3 million U.S. dollars in other humanitarian programs in the kingdom, according to the embassy.
4 comments:
I don't think this is a good idea because they will only used it to kill Khmer in the neighboring countries in order to steal their lands and valuable from them.
$600,000 from US??
What ashame?
Do you know how much US gives the Israel every year??
$1bill+ a year.
Wow USA, I thought you can do better.
Khmer Snehear cheat,
Thank you!!!
Ah pleu undersea still begging for help...hahaha! you say shit about us, but you can't live without our help...Pouk Ah Mok krass thork tiep undersea Som tien! hahaha!
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